A practical commentary, or an exposition with observations, reasons, and uses upon the first…A practicall commentary, or an exposition with observations, reasons, and vses upon the first…

It is he that came to overcome the world, to redeem us. How, By water and blood. Why by water and blood both?

1 From the end of his coming, that he might fulfil the types of the Law. In the old Law no Priest might enter upon his office upon pain of death, but he must first wash his hands and feet, Exod. 30.19, 20. Which shows how careful we should be, to come with clean hearts and hands to Gods service; and it typed out, that when the Lord Christ should take upon him his Priestly office, he should come free and spotless from all sin, and he did so, so that • guile was found in his mouth. Pilate himself testified of him, I find no evil in him.

1 From the end of his coming, that he might fulfill the types of the Law. In the old Law no Priest might enter upon his office upon pain of death, but he must first wash his hands and feet, Exod. 30.19, 20. Which shews how carefull we should be, to come with clean hearts and hands to Gods service; and it typed out, that when the Lord Christ should take upon him his Priestly office, he should come free and spotlesse from all sin, and he did so, so that • guile was found in his mouth. Pilate himselfe testified of him, I finde no evill in him.

2 As they came by water, so they might dot enter into the holyest place, except they were first sprinkled with blood. Which signified that it was needful that Christ should come by his own blood to expiate our sins,