as 2 Cor. 5. 20. Efa. 63. 3 Eph.4. t o. Heb: 12. 2 Heb. 9.24 Nojoi rnyingfor Ifrael till Heavenly things themfelves purified, what's that ? That is, thefoulés ofmen, which areofHe4ve1d) natures and Immor- tal;and ifthofe External Sacrifices mutt be pur fiedwith blood, it is n uch moreneafiary that that Heavenly and Immor- talf'vul cif man fhould be purified with theprecious blood_ of fits Choi?. Man having departed from God, and defiled his foul by turning away from hire, and being gone down to earthly things, to find hirn('elfa God, and a Trull, and a Refuge : thisdeparture is of that infuitnef , that nothing but this Eternal Priefi and Mediatour could reconcile and bring together again the Majefly and Nature of God, and pollutedman thus at an infinite difrance; but He by him ftlfandofhis own mercy andgood willhath reconciled us to his father, and hath trod the Wineprefl alone and none floodby him ; and herein was the eternal and infinite love of Jefus Chrift our alone Saviour Peen. And by the way, let me mind you of one thing : That when the Scripture (peaks of Chrift his Afcending and en- tying into the third Heaven , andfar above all Heavens, and fitting down on the right hand of his Father: I would not have you fo childifh as to be deluded by thofe tricks and de- vices of the men of the Letter, whonot being able to fee the myftery, do take thofe things as fpokcn litrerafy, as though Chrifi now had a material body, fkfh and bones, the fame which he had in the flefh, when he was upon earth ; thefe are veryfond inventions ofmen,that Chrift is in a local place and fits upon a Throne above in heaven, next his Father as upon his:right handor the like:andwhen he comes tojudge- ment he will let himfelf in the material Clouds, and call all Nations before him, tuft as Judges doe at the Sizes ; and thereto fit in a Chaire ofState aboveall, or as Solomon upon a glorious Throne. Truly the world bath been a long time deluded with thefe fancies.Now as the Apo#tle faith,plainly, he is not entred into aplace made with hands, nor into any thingof this nature, nor ofthis building : But we are when we fpeak ofhim, tofeparate all our thoughts far from all carnal things, and all creaturely beings. 'For there is no tinïIureofthe creature concernments in thofe heavenly and divine
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