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Ckane
perfons,
types
of
Chrift.
chis2
the
purifying
of
the
ßefb
:
how match more
fhall the
blood
of
Chrift
purge
yorareonfcience
from
dead
worker;
wherein
he not
onely
compareth but
infinitely
advan-
DifFerence.
ceth the truth
above
the type.
For
i.
that
was fyrn-
bolicall
and
figurative
:
this
fpirituall
and fubflantiall.
z.
that
was
externall
and
temporary
:
this
internall
and
eternal!.
3.
that
onely
a
purifying
of
the
flefh
:
this
of
the
Spirit and
confcience. 4.
that
cleanfed
from
legali
and bodily
pollution
:
this from morali, called dead
3'orks
Dead
workes,
t.
becaufe
they proceed
from
death
of
finne. 2. becaufe
why.
they lead
to
eternall
death.
For
the
explaining
of
this ordinance
confider
foure
things.
i
.
whence the
Cow
muff
be. z.
the proper-
ties
or qualities.
3.
the
a6lions
about her.
4.
the
ufe
and
end of
it.
i
I. All
the congregation
mull
bring
an
heifer
to
Alo-
/et
out
ofthe
heard,
i
.
All
the
congregation,
for
not
one
in
the
congregation but needs
a
meanes
of
purging.
2.
This
meanes muff be
a
Cow,not
an
Oxe
or
Bull.
The
imbecillity
ofthe
fexe
noteth
the great humility
ofour
Lord jefus;
who
being
the
mighty Lion
of
the
tribe
of
,Judah,
would
fo abafe
and
weaken
himfelfe
for our
fakes. 3.
They
mull
take her
from the
heard
:
fo
our
cleanfer
mull
be
taken from
among
our
felves,being
true
and perfe&
man,
taking
our nature
and
our
flefh,
yea
ourinfirmities
as
the weak
fexe
importeth,
in
all
things
fave
finne like unto
us.
2.
I
I.
The
properties required
in
this
Cow
are
foure.
i .
She
mull be
an
heifer,
in
her
youth and
frrength
:
Chrift
offers
himfelfe,
and
muff be
taken for
a
facrifice in
the flower
of
his
flrength,
at
three
and
thirty
yeares.
He
offers
his
bell gifts, and
dyes in his
firength,
and fo
his
offering
was more
free and acceptable. And
wee
all©
should
offer
up
our youth,
flrength, bell times
and
gifts
to jefus
Chrift,
who
offered himfelfe in his
bell
frrength.
1
to
death
for
us. 2.
The
Cow
muff be
red
Signifying
r.
the