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Three choice and profitable sermons upon several texts of Scripture viz. Jer. 30. 17,…Three choice and profitable sermons upon severall texts of Scripture viz. Jer. 30. 17,…
Three choice and profitable sermons upon several texts of Scripture viz. Jer. 30. 17, John 14. 3, Heb. 8. 5 : the first of them being the last sermon which he preached at the court of election at Boston, the second was the last which he preached on the Lords-Day, the third was the last which he preached on his weekly-lecture-day : wherein (beside many other excellent and seasonable truths) is showed, the Lords sovereignty over, and care for his church and people, in order to both their militant and triumphant condition, and their fidelity and good affection towards himself / by that reverend servant of Christ, Mr. John Norton ...Three choice and profitable sermons upon severall texts of Scripture viz. Jer. 30. 17, John 14. 3, Heb. 8. 5 : the first of them being the last sermon which he preached at the court of election at Boston, the second was the last which he preached on the Lords-Day, the third was the last which he preached on his weekly-lecture-day : wherein (beside many other excellent and seasonable truths) is shewed, the Lords soveraignty over, and care for his church and people, in order to both their militant and triumphant condition, and their fidelity and good affection towards himself / by that reverend servant of Christ, Mr. John Norton ...
printed by S.G. and M.I. for Hezekiah Usher of Boston, 1664
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Instructions. 1. The Ceremonial Law understood, teacheth Christ; the truths of Christ are laid up under the types of the Ceremonial Law. When you read the Ceremonial Law, if you understood it, you would see Christ through it; as for instance, Heb. 9. the Tabernacle was a figure of Christs Body, and so was the Veil: Heb. 10.20. when they went into the first Court, they remembered the Incarnation of the Messiah, and so when they looked on the Veil, &c. they who looked on these types, whose eyes were opened, they saw Christ Read Lev. 16.15. compared with Heb. 9.24 26. As Christ shed his blood, and so entered into Heaven, so the High-priest slew the Sacrifice, and then entered into the holy of ⟨p. 34⟩holies. And the efficacy of the Merit of Christ, was figured in the incense: this is to let us see, how clearly we are taught the same truths above what they of old were, comparing our times with theirs.
Instructions. 1. The Ceremonial Law understood, teacheth Christ; the truths of Christ are laid up under the types of the Ceremonial Law. When you reade the Ceremonial Law, if you understood it, you would see Christ through it; as for instance, Heb. 9. the Tabernacle was a figure of Christs Body, and so was the Vail: Heb. 10.20. when they went into the first Court, they remembred the Incarnation of the Messias, and so when they looked on the Vail, &c. they who looked on these types, whose eyes were opened, they saw Christ Reade Lev. 16.15. compared with Heb. 9.24 26. As Christ shed his blood, and so entred into Heaven, so the High-priest slew the Sacrifice, and then entred into the holy of ⟨p. 34⟩