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ut by the Prieft's putting the blood of the trefpafs offering upon the right ear, upon the right thumb, and upon the great toe of the right foot, as in v. 14. which pointed out, the ear being fanctified to hear the joyful found, to delight in hearing what God the LORD fhall fay, &c. and the hands to holy work and employment; and the feet, being dedicated to follow the Lamb whitherfoever he goeth; that being sprinkled from head to foot, it denote: the believer's entire dedication to Goa, in his thoughts and affections, in his words and actions, yet not driven by force, but drawn by love.

Friendly. I fear I thall trefpaís upon your patience, or elfe Ihould be glad to know, why the oil was applied to the leper, as well as the blood, for his cleanfing?

Truth. The blood was typical of our juftification, and the oil of the fpirit of fanctification, and poin.s out, that our fanctification flows as the fruit of our juftification, as the leper, was fift prkled with b.ood and then with oil, which fhews that we must first look for pardon, and juftification from the guiit of tin, before we can expect fanctification from the filth and power of it. Or the oil being applied to the leper after. the blood may point out, the oil of gladness, the HOLY GHOST fealing and ratifying the pardon of our fins in the blood of JESUS. As oil makes the face to fhine, fo the divine anointings of the fpirit of promife makes the foul to fhine, in faith, hope, and love, Ifa. Ixi. 3. To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give them beauty for afhes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praife for the fpirit of heaviness. This is a beautiful metaphor, whereby the HOLY GHOST illuftrates the glories of divine love to a difconfolate foul; as to fit in afhes, or to put alhes upon the head, is an emblem of the moft dejected, and depreffed ftate, Ether iv. . When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on fackcloth and aftes, and went into the midft or the city, and cried with a loud and bitter cry; becaufe an edict was figned and published for the utter deftruction of his kindred and people, v. 3. there was great mourning among the Jews, and fafting, and weeping, and wailing, and many lay in fackcloth and afhes. But, on the other hand, beauty is an emblem of the most strong and lively joy, of the greateft pleasure and fatisfaction of mind; Beauty for afhes, and the oil of joy for mourning. Mourning indicates diftrefs, grief, and forrow as the caufe; but joy befpeaks the removation of it. O! fweet exchange! O! happy bargain! or rather gracious donation! What! the garments of praije for

the spirit of heaviness! Prov. xii. 25. Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop, but a good word maketh it glad. The fpirit of heaviness faps the joy of life, and spreads a kind of death upon all our comforts; but the garments of praise make a Heaven upon earth, and give a foretaste of glory. Thus much, and infinitely more, may be contained in the Priest's applying the oil after the blood; as our justification through the blood of CHRIST, is our foundation for, and gives us a fure right to Heaven; yet it is the grace of CHRIST that is our meetness, and the oil of joy that confummates our happiness there, Pfal. xvi. 11. Thou wilt fhew me the path of life; in thy prefence is fulness of joy, and at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

Friendly. We will now proceed upon the employment of the High Prieft, in his offering up thofe variety of offerings, that were commanded him under the law; the burnt-offering, the meat-offering, the peace-offering, the fin-offering, and the trefpafs-offering.

Truth. Upon thefe, my dear Friendly, you must give me leave to be very brief, as I intend to be more copious and large upon the expiatory facrifice, which comprehends the whole, mentioned Lev. xvi. '15, 16.

To begin first, The burnt-offering, in the Hebrew, Gnoloth, fome render it Yola, that is afcenfion, as it was wholly burnt, it afcended up in smoke and vapour; in the Greek Holocautoma, that is, a whole burnt-offering, which was to be a male with out blemish, if it was of the beaft, Lev. i. 3. and if it was of the herd kind, it must be perfect, v. 10. And if his offerings be of the flocks of the sheeps, or of the goats, for a burnt-facrifice, he fhall bring it a male without blemish.

In which refpect, it appears, to be a lively prefiguration of the LORD JESUS CHRIST, and of that confummate' perfection that there is in him, as GOD, Man, and Mediator. As to his divine nature, he has all the effential perfections of the Deity natural to himself; and, as to his human nature, it was compleat, a Lamb without spot and blemish, and had all the qualifications of the HOLY GHOST Communicated to it, to render it fit for union with his divine nature, and thereby conftituted a perfect facrifice, without spot to God; therefore, as GOD-MAN, he has all human and divine perfections fhining in him, as a compleat SAVIOUR, and as an atoning facrifice.

Friendly. But the burnt-offering was to be a free-will offering, in the offerer, v. 3. he fall offer it of his own voluntary will. What might I apprehend thereby?

Truth, I anfwer, Some obferve, that it was typical of

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CHRIST'S willing and voluntary offering up his human nature, as an offering to GOD, faying, John x. 18. I lay down my life fmfelf. Others think that it might point out our free and voluntary offering up of the facrifice of love and praife to his name, Heb. xiii. 15. By him let us offer the facrifice of praife to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to his name. But may it not denote, our offering up of CHRIST by faith, our prefenting him by faith before GOD, as our only facrifice and atonement? Though, I rather think, that it may be typical of GOD the Father giving his own Son as an offering for fin, the just for the unjust. God fo loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, &c. and as the offerer led the offering to the door of the tabernacle, fo Abraham led his fon to the Mount of Moriah, voluntarily to offer him to GoD for a burnt-offering; which was typical of GOD's leading his fon, as a lamb to the flaughter, as his free-will offering; though it Was a hand of cruelty to CHRIST, yet it was JEHOVAH'S hand of love to us, that he was brought as a sheep before the Bearer is dumb, fo be opened not his mouth; for he was the FATHER'S free-will offering, as he made his fol an offering for fin, a. iii. 10. It pleafed the Lord to bruife him, &c.

Third, The burnt-offering was to be an offering of atonement. v. 4, And it shall be accepted for him to make an atonement. Expiate, or make reconciliation for him, which is fpoken in refpect of his fin, and the pacification of wrath for the fame; the Hebrew word is Capper, which fignifieth a covering, (not with a garment which might be taken off) but as a plaifter covering, which ticketh faft: and it is applied to the covering that is appeafing to an angry countenance, Gen. xxxii. 20 So the burnt-offering of CHRIST's body, being confumed to death, by the fire of his wrath, was appeafing to his anger, for he was the atonement, or reconciliation for fin, Dan. ix. 24. to make reconciliation for iniquity, 1 John i. 2. he is a propitiation for our fins, &c. As the human nature of CHRIST was a burnt-offering, in union to his divine, it thereby became meritorious to GoD, fatisfactory to his juftice, and a fecurity for our falvation; his offering was thereby clothed with infinite merit, as the perfections of his divine nature fhone with radiancy and glory through all his fufferings, Heb. x. 10. By the which will we are fanctified, through the offering of the body If Jefus Chrift orce for all.

Fourth, It was a facrifice of reft, of fweet firel'ing favour to the LORD, v. 9. An offering made by fire, of a fweet smell ng favour to the Lord. Sweet-fmelling favour, or odour, fignifies

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God's gracious acceptance of the burnt offering; the Chaldee tranflate it, the Lord accepted with favour his offering. HOLY GHOST, by calling it a fweet fmelling favour, fpeaks of GOD after the manner of men, who are delighted with things of an odoriferous nature, as they refresh and comfort the fenfes. The Hebrew word is of the fame root that Noah's name was of, which fignifieth reft and comfort; the Greek tranflates it Euodias, of fweet favour; in which respect the Apoftle applies it to CHRIST, Eph. v. 2. who hath loved us, and given himself an offering and a facrifice to God for a sweetfmelling favour. The believing foul fmells a fweetnefs in CHRIST'S name, his name is as ointment poured forth in his garments, which fmell of myrrh and aloes. How much more fo in his death, which hath all the imme fe riches, and diffeminating fragrancy of the GODHEAD therein! Hereby we perceive the love of God, in that he laid down his life for us.

Friendly. What might I apprehend by the offerer laying his hand upon the facrifice, v. 4. And he shall put his hand upon the head of the facrifice?

Truth. The offerer put his hand upon the head of the beast that was to be offered for a burnt-offering, conteffing his fins, thereby transferring them typically to the beaft, that when the beast was offered as a burnt-offering, it might make an atonement for the n. The Hebrew Doctors fay, "He that layeth

his hands upon the beaft, muft do it with all his might, with "both his hands upon the head of the beaft, not upon the neck "or fides; and nothing must be b tween his hands and the "beaft, he layeth his hands between the two horns, and con"feffeth upon the fin-offering, the iniquity of fin; and upon

the trefpafs-offering, the iniquity of trefpafs; and upon the "burnt-offering he confeffeth the iniquity of doing that which "he fhould not have done, and not doing that which he ought "to have done” Thus the offerer, by this ceremony, difburthened himself of fin, by confeffing it over the head of the facrifice, fee Lev. xvi. 21. in which refpect the facrifice was typical of CHRIST's bearing our fins in his own body upon the tree; and of our conf.ffing them by faith over the head of the great facrifice for fin, 1 John i. 9. If we John i. 9. If we confess our fins, he his faithful and just to forgive us our fins, and to cleanfe us from all unrighteoufnfs.

Friendly. But why was the facrifice cut to pieces, and killed on the fide of the altar, northwards before the Lord? v. 11.

Truth. To point out that the MESSIAH was to be cut off, to be a flain facrifice for us, Ifa. liii. 8. For he was cut off from

the land of the living, Christ our paffover is facrificed for us. The offering being killed northwards, was typical of CHRIST'S being flain by the Priefts in Jerufalem, and Mount Zion, which was on the files of the north, Pfal. Ixxxiv. 2. Crucified upon Mount Calvary, which was north-weft of Jerufalem; and fome think it might point out the fpread of the knowledge of CHRIST, which hath been more in the north part of the Hemifphere the ever it was in the fouthern.

Frandly. But what if the offerer had not ability to bring a bullock, a male without blemish; for a burnt-offering?

Truth. If he could not bring a bullock, or an offering from the herds of goats or fheep, then he was to bring fowls, v. 14. Then he ball bring his offering of turtle doves, or of young pigeons; which was typical of the LORD's condefcending to the capacity of his people, in their spiritual facrifices of prayer and praifes to his name.

Note, That the offering of the two turtle doves, or young pigeons, was as acceptable to GoD, as the bullock or theep Without blemish. JEHOVAH teftifies the fame approbation of it,. 17, it is a burnt facrifice, an offering made by fire, of fweet favour unto the Lord. In which refpect it might be typical of GUD's acceptation of poor and mean facrifices of love and thankfulnefs, in outward appearance, as there were many under the law that could not bring a bullock, nor a goat, for a burntoffering, but they could bring a couple of young pigeons; fo there are many real chriftians that cannot bring p mpous returns of love to GOD, cannot make returns of praife with the flowers of rhetoric, nor adorn their fpeech with the embellifhments of language, yet they can fpeak in the language of Canaan, fuch as GOD delights to hear, and which comes up before him as a fweet-fmelling favour. For at the building of the tabernacle, he that could not offer gold, filk, or purple, might bring goat's hair, Exod. xxxv. 5, 6. Therefore let no weak Chriftian be difcouraged on account of his poor gifts, and mean offerings of praife; though thou mayeft look de picable in thine own eyes, and in the eyes of others, yet thy God accepts, with a fweet favour, thine offering. What if thou canst not bring gold, filk, or purple, to the tabernacle (the church) bring thy goat's hair; goat's hair was wanting in the building of the temple, fo thy mean and abject abilities may be ufefui in the Church of CHRIST; little ftones, as well as great ones, help in the building; what if thou fhouldeft be an infide ftone, and another be a fquare and polifhed outfide one, wilt thou not be contented to have a name and place in God's houfe?

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