ou. .Anjw. The covenant ofgracecloa• thed with the Ceremoniall Law. Simile• . was fignified by ir,that no man is able to come to Godby yeelding obedience to the Law, but he mufi: needs have a Mediato1: to go between God and him. The other objection is from the Ceremo– niesofthe Law;theywere ready to fay, We . have a Priefi:, we have Sacrifices, we have di– vers wafhingsand Rites, &c. · We were wont / to be faved by them, \:Vhy may wee not fo · frill? Theanfwertoit-is, Thatthcfe-were but the oldneffeof the letter; for indeed ail thefe did but cloath theCovenant of Grace; theCove. n.tnt of Grace was delivered to the Iewes, the Ceremonies did indeed but fet it out, they were but Types and fhaddowes, by which it was expreffed to the Iewes:the Iewes, .by rea– fon oftheir ignorance, were not able tofee the bodie for the clothes,thcy were not able to fee the fignification ofthe fpirit fonhe letter, they were not able to fee the Sword for the f11eath, thelernell for the £bell: that is, they could n6t . · feeChrift himfelfe, the inward promifes, but . fl:ucke in the outward barke and rinde ofCcre– monies,in the fhellofrhem,and fothey became unprofitlble; butindeedc thofe Rites did no~ thing but cloath the Co"Venttnt ofGrace, andfet ! it forthto them. So much {hall feruefor the 1 difpatching ofrhefe fiuethings. · . Now hence you fee how thofe difficulties may be anfwered, that I mentioned before. For example,itisfaid, thel"miftnmttdetothe pede
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