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Nazarites,
types
of
are.
I.
The
name
Nazarite by
which Chrifl
mull bee
(according
to
the
ancient prophecies)called,ATatt.2.23.
and
in
contempt
was
by
the
Jewes
fo
Bed
in
the
fiiper-
fcription
of'
the Croffe
)
fgnifieth
one
Ceparated
and let
apart from others
;
and
is
afcribed to three
forts
of
men,
tlfually
let above
others.
z.
To
fuch
as
are
fet
apart
for
Cngular fanc`limony,
as
the
high
PriefR,
whole
crowne
of
fanaification on
his
head
is
called
Nezer,
exod.,z9.6.
z.
To
fuch
as
in
dignity
and
authority
are feparated
from
others
;
as
Kings,
whofe
royall
crowne
or
diademe
is
called
Nezer,
2..Sam,
I
.10.
I
tool
a
the crowne
that
was
upon
his
head.
3.
To
fuch
as
were
feparated
by
fome
religious
vow,
as
to this
order
of
the
Nazarites;
whofe
haire
increafing
on
their
heads,
as an externall figne
of
their vow,
was
called
Nezer,
Numb.
6.18.
By
which
order the Lord would
have the eminent
fanc`lvity
of
je-
fus
Chrif}
to
bee
typified,
as
well
as
his fàcrifice
and
kingly
Office
by
Prief.is
and
Kings.
Hee was indeed
the
onely
true
Nazarite
feparated from
finner.r,
holy,
harme-
leffe,
and trndtfiled,Heb.7.26.
For,
i.
His profeffian
was,
I
am
not
of
this
world,
Ioh.
8.2.3.
2. He
is
called
(
2)&1.9.
24.)
the
holy
of
holier,
or
the molt
Holy
(a
title
never
afcribed
to the
moll
holy perlons
on earth
by
re-
femblance
:)
For
as
the
holy ofholies
(a
type
of
Chrif)
was feparated from
the
refs:
of
the
Tabernacle and
Tem-
ple,
and excelled both
the
outer
and
inner
Court
in
holi-
neffe
:
So
jefus Chrifa
furpaffed
not
onely
common
men
but the
holieft
of
men,
as
farre
as
the fan£tum fanllarum
excelled both the fat:Eton
and
atrium. His
divine
ho-
'
lineffe
farre
excelled
the
molt
pure
Nazarites,
who
yet
are
aid(
Lam.4.7.
)
to
bee purer
then the
fnow, and
whi-
ter
then the
mile.
3.
He was
not ofunholy
made holy
as
they, but
hee was alwayes holy
and
without
all
haine
of
finne,from
the
firff
moment
for
ever: That
holy
thing
which
is
conceived in her
is
of
i
he holy
Ghof
xi
,
011att.
I.
z
o.
4.
His holinef
c
was
not
from
any
other,
but
and
L
4
from
151
Separate, or let
apart
3.
wayes.
Chrift
eminent
for
fanEtity,in
6.refpeets.