Cloud andFire, types ofChrif. 24$ a cicud appeared toMoles, Exod. 19. 9. God appeared it-idle cloud upon theOracle, Lev. i 6.1. So Chrifl in the Mount was transfigured in a bright cloud : Inhis afcen- ding he was takenout oftheir fight in a cloud : And in his comming againeto judgement, bee (hall appeare in the Clouds to judge the quick and dead. 2. In refpeaof the ifraelites, i.to Phew anddi- rea them the way as a faithfull and confiant guide through thewilderneffe, for when it rnooved they muff moove,when it flood theymuff Band. Pf:I.78.14,in the day he led themwith a cloud, and all the night witha light offire:which feemes the chicleule of ir, Exod. i 3. z r . 2. to lline and lighten them in the way, foas they might got by night as well as by day, fo in Pfd. 78.14. Ì he led them all night longwith a light offire, noted alfo, Exod. 13.1 1i 3. to coole and comfort them(as a fha- dow) from theparching heat oftheSunne: Pfa.10 5.39, He fpread the cloud as a coveringor canopy over them. Towhich the Prophet (ifia.4.5.) alluding, cals it a cove- ring cloud, which fhadowwas no fmall comfort in that hot countrey, in that dry andparched defers, they hill lyingand living abroad in it. 4. as a fhield to defend them againfl their enemies,for the cloud came betweene the hofl ofIfrael and the hoft ofthe 'Egyptians to fe-1 perate betweene them. And therefore it is called_(Nurmb.' 9.19. thewatch ofthe Lord, aaively, watching over their fafety; paffively,which they carefully watched and f attended. 3. In refpea of enemies : It was darkeneffe to the 'Egyptians, Exod. 14. 2 o. For the Lordufed two of his creatures againfl the /Egyptians efpecially;water,and thecloud, as meanes ofexecution of his jufiice upon his enemies: As the clouds and firefhalbe ferviceable for the execution of' his laft and generali judgement at Chrifls fecond appearing. 4. I V. weft. Wherein was this cloudy pillar a type of How it wasa Chrift ? R 3 .Anfiv. type of Chrie,
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