Holy things, types ofC'ril. . 7. The Lord fo ordered, as the jewes could notcafl their eyesany way withindoores or without , but force fhadow or other íhould meet them, and preach unto them either Chrift or force grace by Chrill, or force duty untoChrifl. In the fields they had firfl fruits;firfl borneofcattell : In their houfes the lintels moil have the Lawwritten : In their bodies Circumcifionwas a tea- cher : on theircloathes, fringes: ifat their tables, choyce ofmeats : Ifon their children , the firft bornea typeof Chriff. So for times,places, and the refl. But that wee may propound to our felves Tome good order and familiar method,in which wemull bound our difcourfe : Wemull know that all the holy things in the oldTe[lament poynting at Chr-ifl,'were 1. Subtlantiall. 2. Circumflantiall. Subflantiall are fuch as concernethe parts and fub[tanceofGods worfhip.Circumflarrtial are fuch as concern force inferior things about that worfhip. The former maybe referred to twoheads. 1. Sacraments. 2.Sacrifices.The difference:in Sacraméts we fee God gi- ving us all good things in jefus Chrifl : In Sacrifices we prefent allour duty to God by jefus Chriil. Now for the Saeraméts ofthe old &new Teflamét ingeneral,we rnuf} in-one wordknow, that they are outward fgnes; feales, and confirmations of Gods word and promife of grace. For theLord knowing and tendring the weakneffe of man would informe him of his good will and pleafure twowales. r. He would fpeake to his minde and un- derilan_ding byhis word and promife. 2. to his outward fences byexternal' Ggnes and Sacraments,called by fume of the Fathers, viable words. He is wit contentedby his word tòdeclarehis will, büt aif® by'Sacramcnts to wit- neffeand figne that word , for our more full inflrue ion Ifbefore the fall he covenauteth (by his ord)lic upon condition ofworks, =hoe addeth a twofold figne to the fences ofAdam,: the treeoflife, and`the tree of-know- ledge. Ifafter: thdfalthegivea promife ofdie bleífed feed 203 .MI..01111,.......4._. Subfiantiall things pointing at Cirri. Sacraments andSacrifices. Differences. What Sacra- ments are in generali. Word and Sa- craments g,oe together..
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