; Confecratson ofpriells,a type ofarifi. { be liker Chrifi. Thou n iflèt1 a Sermon, or the Sacra - meat ; thou knowea not what drops ofpile thou haft miffed. 4. Havea care to walkeas fuch as are anoint- ed, finelling fweet every where in holy lives, fpeaches,. prayers ; in all things edifying thy felfe and others. Leave a fweet finell every where behinde thee. Let it drop downe fromus to others round about us. The third thing in thehigh Priefts confecration was facrificing, Exod.29.1, 2. In which, i. Obferve in generali, that the Priefls muff be confecrated by offering all forts officrifices for them; and therefore they mutt take a calfe, two racemes, unleavened bread, cakes and oilc,verf 1,2. i. Becaufe ofthe fpeciall holineffe and honour of their calling who are to come fo neere unto God, who will bee fpecially fanciified in all that come neere him. 2. Becaufè finne in them is more hate- full then in any other, and in expiating their firmes, as much is required as for the fumes of all the Congregati- on. 3. Becaufe they were tooffer untoGod all the gifts and facrifices of all the people ofall forts ; and therefore for them mull be offered all forts, to fanâ ifie themnot onely ingenerall, but to their fpeciall fervices betweeneGod and his people. z: In particular : The firll of thefefacrifices mull be a finne offering, verte To. For which they muff; r . Take a calfe and offer him for the expiationoffinne,verfe 14. ThisYong canwas a type of Chrif, who onely by his owne oblation expi- ated OWN finne, which otherwife made our felves and I dutiesmoft hateful'. z. This calfe muff be prefented before the Lord and his Congregation : fignifying the willingneffeof Chrif} tooffer up himfelfe for the firmes of men, John. i 9.1 r . 3. Aaron and his font,es mufl put their hands on the headof the calfe, verf ao not onely to canf'effe theywere worthy todie for their own (inns, but to profefl'e alfo that the death which they deferved, was by the death of the Meffiah (the high Prieft 107 3. Sacrificing. Three fortsof ficrifices. r. A finne of= fering Particulars 6.
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