2. Here is also an Allusion to Sacrifices; for every Man that lives in the World must be a Sacrifice to God. The Wicked are a Sacrifice to God's Justice; but the Godly are a Sacrifice dedicated and offered to him, that they may be capable of his Mercy. The first are a Sacrifice against their Wills; but the Godly are a free-will-Offering, a Sacrifice not taken, but offered. Now the Law of all Sacrifices was, that they were to be salted with Salt, Levit. 2. 13. And every Oblation of thy Meat-Offering shalt thou season with Salt; neither shalt thou suffer the Salt of the Covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy Meat-Offering: with all thine Offerings thou shalt offer Salt. Three times it is repeated there, to show that every Sacrifice must be salted. That the Wicked, the Objects of God's vindictive Justice, are accounted Sacrifices, is evident by Scripture. When the Destruction of Moab is spoken of, Isa. 34. 6. The Sword of the Lord is filled with Blood, it is made fat with Fatness, and with the Blood of Lambs and Goats, and with the fat of the kidneys of Rams; for the Lord hath a Sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great Slaughter in the Land of Idumea. So Jer. 46. 10. God threatens there, that the Sword shall devour, and be made drunk with their Blood. For the Lord God of Hosts hath a Sacrifice in the North Country, by the River Euphrates. What is in these places called a Slaughter, is also called a Sacrifice. So when God intended a great Carnage of his Enemies, he calls upon the Fowls of Heaven, Ezek. 39. 17. Assemble your selves, and come to my Sacrifice; with an allusion to the Beasts offered in Sacrifice. This may be gathered from the Signification of the Sacrifices, the Burnt-Offerings especially, which signified the Guilt of the Sinner; the Death of Christ, which is the Propitiation for Sin; and the Obedience of the Sacrificer, as devoted to God. Now the first Signification took place, and had its effect upon them, if they neglected ⟨p. 84⟩the other two Meanings of the Sacrifices, and therefore they were to be looked on as salted with Fire; whereas the other, who were accepted, were salted with Salt. The
2. Here is also an Allusion to Sacrifices; for every Man that lives in the World must be a Sacrifice to God. The Wicked are a Sacrifice to God's Justice; but the Godly are a Sacrifice dedicated and offered to him, that they may be capable of his Mercy. The first are a Sacrifice against their Wills; but the Godly are a free-will-Offering, a Sacrifice not taken, but offered. Now the Law of all Sacrifices was, that they were to be salted with Salt, Levit. 2. 13. And every Oblation of thy Meat-Offering shalt thou season with Salt; neither shalt thou suffer the Salt of the Covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy Meat-Offering: with all thine Offerings thou shalt offer Salt. Three times it is repeated there, to shew that every Sacrifice must be salted. That the Wicked, the Objects of God's vindictive Justice, are accounted Sacrifices, is evident by Scripture. When the Destruction of Moab is spoken of, Isa. 34. 6. The Sword of the Lord is filled with Blood, it is made fat with Fatness, and with the Blood of Lambs and Goats, and with the fat of the kidneys of Rams; for the Lord hath a Sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great Slaughter in the Land of Idumea. So Ier. 46. 10. God threatens there, that the Sword shall devour, and be made drunk with their Blood. For the Lord God of Hosts hath a Sacrifice in the North Country, by the River Euphrates. What is in these places called a Slaughter, is also called a Sacrifice. So when God intended a great Carnage of his Enemies, he calls upon the Fowls of Heaven, Ezek. 39. 17. Assemble your selves, and come to my Sacrifice; with an allusion to the Beasts offered in Sacrifice. This may be gathered from the Signification of the Sacrifices, the Burnt-Offerings especially, which signified the Guilt of the Sinner; the Death of Christ, which is the Propitiation for Sin; and the Obedience of the Sacrificer, as devoted to God. Now the first Signification took place, and had its effect upon them, if they neglected ⟨p. 84⟩the other two Meanings of the Sacrifices, and therefore they were to be looked on as salted with Fire; whereas the other, who were accepted, were salted with Salt. The
