[elves, budn thefe types and .iliadowes, as tl1ey were able rofeerhem from day to day:for.there– in was their weakneffe, theY were not fo able as to coned ve fpirituali things without a mediate view:, they faw the bloud lhed, and agai'ne, ·rhey faw the walhings and the rires,thefe were in their ere; whereas now in the time of the Gofpell, thefe.rhingsare t~mght to us, thefe we con1prehend in_our mindes, we ferue the Lord in fpirit and truth, but there is nor that v,ilible. fight which was a helpe_totheir weakenelfe; fo that thefedifter as .the-irna:ge and the fubllance it felfe, even as you fee things in profpedive fhewes,and in painting, that are different Horn rhe things themfclues, when you come to fee . Countries, and Cities, and Mountaines, and Woods thern~eI ..ves, it is another thing. And this is thefecond difference between the Tell:aments, the one wasexprdfed burin types and ihadows, the other hath the fubfiance jrfelfe. Thirdly~ they differ in ~his, the Old Tefi:~mentin it felfe is but weake and unprofitable, (as you lhall fee likewife in the fame place, He/;: 8. I 8 ..) fort he ·commandem~nt that went be– fore was difanulled, becaufe of the weakene1fe and unprofitablenelfe thereof.· for the Law made nothing perfect, flut tile &ringing in of i better hope makes per(ec1, by which we draw neere to God; that is, this was able ofit felfe· to do nothing; further than as 'it did lead to that which ·was effeCl:uall, therefore ii: waxed old, and vaniihcd away; fo .heputsthem toge.. · Bb the~ 3. - ft is flronger. Hcb:8.I8.
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