8¢ Compared %ntb that of the `Inman r, Faithand the Pardonof Sins, whichare not of the WorksoftheLaw. _ See Gen. 15.v.6. Pfal. 32. v. t, 2. OfNoah indeed it is faid, that hewas upright, and perfe& in his Genera- 072 j that is fincere ni his Obedience, and freefrom the open wickednefs of the Age wherein he lived. But as this was before the giving of the Law by Mofees , fo the Ground of ho Freedom and Deliverance is added to be the Gracious Love and Favour of God. This the Jews themfelves confefs in Berehith Rabba : Sett. 29. +]+v7 r nOttl.1317N +2317 Mr; H7 ?MCA 1ri W t) rii 15+913. Even Noah bimfelfwho was left of them was not every way as hefhould be , bxt that be found Grace or Favour in the eyes of the Lord. And to the fame purpofe they fpeak concerning Abra, ham himfelf elfewhere. 1i1 CJ`71t)1 1]+713 =17a13 un N'1tn Nytt7 ; ¡11H '++n 7+0N1'N]IU 1]178, i117i3 12`72.2 *Ill =Thy% Thou findeff that Abraham our Fa- ther inherited not this world and the world to come any otherwife than Ty Faith ; as it is faid he believed God. This part therefore óf the Law, is plainly convinced to be infuf icient to deliver boners from an Antecedent guilt , and . Curfe due there- unto. ç. 21. It remains then that the Sacrifices ofthe Law muff yield the Relief enquired after, or we are Rill at a lofs in this matter. And thefe the Jews would willingly place their . chiefconfidence in ; they did fo of old. Since indeed they have beendriven from their Obfervation ; theyhave betaken themfelves unto other Helps , that they might not appear tobe utterly hopelefs. But they fufficiently manifelt their great referve against the Accofationof their Confciences to be inthem, by the ludicrous wayes of repre- fenting, or rather counterfeiting of them that they have invented. MI tignifies a man ; and among the Rabbihs.a Cockalfo. HenceBen Vzz el renders 11,1 ppsy Ezion Geber. The name of a City, Deut. 2. 8. t371111 177, the City of a Cock And Ifa. 22. v. 17. 111 is rendered by Hierom, GallusGalünaceur, Granting therefore that the Punifhment of Geber is requiredonto Attenement and .Reconciliation, and that fome- fitch thing wasfignified in their Sacrifices, theydo.each onefor himfelf,'torture,llay, andoffer a Cockon the day ofExpiation to make attonement for their fins , and that untó the Devil. TheRitesof that Diabolical Solemnity are declared at largeby Bux- torfius in his Synagog. 7udaic. cap.2o. But yet as this foly manifefts that they can find no tell in their conferences without their. Sacrifices, fo it gives them not at all what they feek after. And thereforeBeingdriven from all other hopes they trait at lengthunto their ownDeath, for in-Life they have no hope; making this one of their confiant Prayers, Let myDeath be the Expiation of all Sins. But this is the roofs, and fò nomeans to avoid it. Omitting therefore thefe horrid follies of men under defair, an effect of that wrath which is come upon them unto the uttermoft, the thing its felf may be confidered. That the Sacrifices ofMofeec's Law in andby themfelves, fhould be a means to deliver men from the guilt offin, and to reconcile them unto God, is contrary to the Light. of Nature, their own proper uf, and exprefs Teftitnonies of the Old Teltatnent. For Firff, Can any man think it reafonable that the blood ofBulls and Goats fhould of its felf make an Expiationof the finof the foulsofin m en, reconcile the toGod the Judgeof all, and impart unto them an Evcrlalting Rightcoufnefs? Our Apoftle declares the manifelt impoffibilityhereof, Heb.to.v.4. They mutt have very mean andlow thoughts ofGod, his Holinefs, Juftice, Truth,ofthe Demerit ofSin, ofHeaven and Hell,who think them all to dependon-the blood ofa Calfor-a Goat. TheSacrifices ofthem indeed might by Gods appointment reprefentthat to theminds of men which is effeéhuail unto the whole End of appealing Gods Juftice, and of obtaining his Favour; but that they fhould themfelveseffeFr it, is unfuitable unto all . the Apprehenfions which are inbred in the heart of man , either concerning the nature of God, or the Guilt of Sin. Secondly, Their Primitive andproper ufe, dothmanifefl the fame. For they wereto be frequently repeated, and in all the Repetitions of them, therewas Bill new mention made offin. They couldnot therefore by'themfelves take it away; for if they could, they would not have been reiterated. It is, apparent therefore that their ufe was to repro- fine andbring to remembrance that which did perfectly take away fin. For a perfect workmay be often remembred, but it need not, it cannot be often done. For being done for fuch an End, and that End being obtained. it cannot be done again. The Sacrificestherefore werenever appointed, never ufed to take away fin, which they did not; but toreprefent that which did fo effe&ually.. Betides, there werefomefins that.menmay be guilty of whom God will not utterly rejeEt, for which there was noSacrifice appointed in the Law- of Mofes: as was the cafe
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