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7. Who was the Mediator of this Covenant? to this we distinguish of a double Mediator, viz. Typical, and Spiritual; Moses was a typical, but Christ was the spiritual Mediator: and herein was Moses privileged above all before him; he was the Mediator of the Old Testament, Christ reserving himself to be the Mediator of a better Covenant, (i.) of the New Testament. Moses received the Law from God,¹ and delivered it to the people, and so he stood a Mediator between God and the people; never was mortal man so near to God as Moses was; Abraham indeed was called Gods friend; but Moses was Gods favourite; and never was mortal man either in knowledge, love or authority so near unto the people as Moses was (which makes the Jews (O wonder) to Idolize him to this very day. Moses was called in as a Mediator on both parts. 1. On Gods part, when he called him up to receive the Law, & all those messages which God sent by him to the people. 2. On the peoples part when they desired him to receive the Law; for they were afraid by reason of the fire, and durst not go up into the Mount:² mark how he stiles himself as a Mediator: At that time (saith he) I stood between the Lord and you to show you the word of the Lord: He was Gods mouth to them, and he was their mouth to God; and he was a prevailing Mediator on both parts: he prevailed with God for the suspending of his Justice, that it should not break out upon the people; and he prevailed with the people to bind them in Covenant unto God, and to make profession of that Obedience which the Lord required and called for; yet for all this, I call him not a Mediator of Redemption, but Relation: A great deal of difference there is betwixt Moses and Christ: as 1. Moses only received the Law, and delivered it to the people; but Christ our true Moses fulfilled it. 2. Moses broke the Tables, to show how we in our Nature had broken the Law, but Christ our true Moses repairs it again. 3. Moses had the Law only writ in Tables of Stone, but Christ writes it in the Tables of our hearts. 4. Moses was mere man, but Christ is God as well as man: Moses was only a Servant in Gods House, but Christ is a Son; yea, Christ is Lord of his own House the Church: Moses mediation was of this use, to show what was the true manner of worshipping God, but he did not inspire force and power to follow it;

7. Who was the Mediator of this Covenant? to this we distinguish of a double Mediator, viz. Typical, and Spiritual; Moses was a typical, but Christ was the spiritual Mediator: and herein was Moses priviledged above all before him; he was the Mediator of the Old Testament, Christ reserving himself to be the Mediator of a better Covenant, (i.) of the New Testament. Moses received the Law from God,