The Morning exercise [at] Cri[ppleg]ate, or, Several cases of conscience practically resolved

1. He sprinkled the blood upon the Mercy-seat, hereby an atonement was made as to our sins, they being pardoned.

1. He sprinkled the blood upon the Mercy-seat, hereby an attonement was made as to our sins, they being pardoned.

2. He went in with Incense, hereby our duties were perfumed; so God is said to inhabit the Praises of his People, and to dwell in thick darkness, i. e. in the the thick smoke of the Incense.

2. He went in with Incense, hereby our duties were perfumed; so God is said to inhabit the Praises of his People, and to dwell in thick darknesse, i. e. in the the thick smoke of the Incense.

3. He had the Names of the Tribes engraven on his breast or heart. Christ pleads the love he bears to his People. Three places the names of the Saints are written in, out of either whereof nor men nor Devils can blot them out, viz. in the Book of Life, on the palms of his hands, and on the heart of Christ. I may add the fourth thing the High-Priest did when he entered into the Holy Place, viz. he went in ⟨p. 344⟩with all his rich Priestly Garments, to show we should be clothed with the rich Robes of Christs Righteousness, for what the High-Priest did, he did not in his personal but in his public capacity. Now the efficacy of his Intercession was not only from the wonderful Love God bore to Christ, from the unparalleled Interest Christ had in the Father, by these means we may expect all acts of favour, but we have Justice on our side, for favour is an arbitrary thing, therefore Christ is our Advocate,