A continuation of the exposition of the Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the…

For although there were some sins which being Capital according unto the Constitutions of their Common-wealth, in which respect, there was no Sacrifice appointed in particular whereby they who were guilty of them might be freed from Punishment, that the Ordinances of God might not seem to interfere; yet had they by their Interest in the more general Sacrifices a Right unto Expiation of Sin as to its Guilt, for otherwise every one who died penally, must of necessity die eternally. (2.) It is also false that their Sacrifices had no other Use but to free Men from Temporal Punishments. Indeed it is a wild apprehension that the Use of Sacrifices in the Church of old, to be observed by the People with so great Solemnities, and under so great Penalties, wherein the Principal Actings of Faith did consist, as also the great Exercise of the Spiritual Obedience of the whole Church, should serve only to free Men from Legal, Outward, Civil, Temporal punishments for lesser sins of Ignorance and Infirmity, which were none at all for the most part. Absolutely indeed, and of themselves by virtue of their own worth, or by their own innate efficacy they neither did, nor could Expiate sin, as to its Guilt and Eternal Punishment which attended all sin by the Curse of the Law; nor did God ever appoint them for that end, yet they did it Relatively and Typically, that is, they Represented and exhibited unto the Faith of the Sacrificers, that true Effectual Sacrifice to come, whereby all their sins were pardoned and done away. Wherefore, (3.) The Difference between the Expiation of sin by the Levitical Priesthood and by Christ, did not consist in this, that the one expiated sin only with respect ⟨p. 158⟩unto Temporal punishments, the other with respect unto them that are Eternal; but in the manner of their Expiation, and the Efficacy of each to that end. They Expiated sins only Typi ally, Doctrinally, and by way of Representation, the Benefit received from their Sacrifices being not contained in them, nor wrought by their causality, nor procured by their worth or value, but were exhibited unto the Faith of the Sacrificers, by virtue of their Relation unto the Sacrifice of Christ. Hence were they of many sorts and often repeated, which sufficiently Argues that they did not effect what they did represent.

For although there were some sins which being Capital according unto the Constitutions of their Common-wealth, in which respect, there was no Sacrifice appointed in particular whereby they who were guilty of them might be freed from Punishment, that the Ordinances of God might not seem to interfere; yet had they by their Interest in the more general Sacrifices a Right unto Expiation of Sin as to its Guilt, for otherwise every one who died poenally, must of necessity die eternally. (2.) It is also false that their Sacrifices had no other Use but to free Men from Temporal Punishments. Indeed it is a wild apprehension that the Use of Sacrifices in the Church of old, to be observed by the People with so great Solemnities, and under so great Penalties, wherein the Principal Actings of Faith did consist, as also the great Exercise of the Spiritual Obedience of the whole Church, should serve only to free Men from Legal, Outward, Civil, Temporal punishments for lesser sins of Ignorance and Infirmity, which were none at all for the most part. Absolutely indeed, and of themselves by virtue of their own worth, or by their own innate efficacy they neither did, nor could Expiate sin, as to its Guilt and Eternal Punishment which attended all sin by the Curse of the Law; nor did God ever appoint them for that end, yet they did it Relatively and Typically, that is, they Represented and exhibited unto the Faith of the Sacrificers, that true Effectual Sacrifice to come, whereby all their sins were pardoned and done away. Wherefore, (3.) The Difference between the Expiation of sin by the Levitical Priesthood and by Christ, did not consist in this, that the one expiated sin only with respect