Remains of that excellent minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. Joseph Alleine being a collection…Remaines of that excellent minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. Joseph Alleine being a collection…

(Fifthly,) The first fruits were to be set before the Lord as a monument of his faithfulness, Deut. 26. 1. &c. Where you may observe these particulars. First, The first fruits, they were to be presented before the Lord as a thank-offering, so you. Secondly, The first fruits were to be brought to the priest, though you are the first fruits, yet you can expect nothing of God but at the hands of the priest, the Lord Jesus Christ. Thirdly, They were to be offered up with a thankful acknowledgement ⟨p. 112⟩of Gods mercy, and their former misery, the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the Lord thy God; and thou shalt speak and say, A Syrian ready to perish was my Father, and he went down into Egypt and sojourned there with a few, and became there a Nation great, mighty, and populous. Fourthly, They were to be set before the Lord as a monument of his faithfulness: thus believers, my Brethren, they shall be taken by Christ, and presented by him unto God as a monument of his faithfulness. And thou shall profess before the Lord thy God, I am indeed come unto the Country concerning which the Lord sware unto me: surely the Lord is faithful in all that he hath promised: and there hath not one word failed of all that he hath said by the mouth of all his prophets.

(Fifthly,) The first fruits were to be set before the Lord as a monument of his faithfulness, Deut. 26. 1. &c. Where you may observe these particulars. First, The first fruits, they were to be presented before the Lord as a thank-offering, so you. Secondly, The first fruits were to be brought to the priest, though you are the first fruits, yet you can expect nothing of God but at the hands of the priest, the Lord Jesus Christ. Thirdly, They were to be offered up with a thankful acknowledgement ⟨p. 112⟩of Gods mercy, and their former misery, the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the Lord thy God; and thou shalt speak and say, A Syrian ready to perish was my Father, and he went down into Egypt and sojourned there with a few, and became there a Nation great, mighty, and populous. Fourthly, They were to be set before the Lord as a monument of his faithfulness: thus beleivers, my Brethren, they shall be taken by Christ, and presented by him unto God as a monument of his faithfulness. And thou shall profess before the Lord thy God, I am indeed come unto the Country concerning which the Lord sware unto me: surely the Lord is faithful in all that he hath promised: and there hath not one word failed of all that he hath said by the mouth of all his prophets.