2. Those things which were required of us in the action. And there we have the acts of the Minister in the administration: I must not look on these as idle Ceremonies, but as real Representations, otherwise we take God's name in vain. I must look upon the Minister, who represents the person of Christ, and by the eyes of faith see Christ himself offered for me, when I see the bread broken, the wine poured out. Whosoever therefore, thou art, who wouldst worthily partake of Christ at the holy Table, behold him offered to thee, when the Minister bids thee take, and eat; take, and drink. And when the Minister bids thee take, know that in as good earnest as the Minister offers thee the bread and wine, the Lord of••rs thee his Son, Christ Jesus. Take Christ my Son, dead, and crucified for thee. Consider, when thou seest the Minister set the bread and wine apart, how God from all eternity set apart his Son for us: If we have not done this, we must do it. Exod. 12.3. See the manner of the setting apart of the Lamb, which was a type of Christ; In the tenth day of the month they shall take unto them every man a Lamb, according to the house of their Fathers: This Lamb was to be set apart, and taken out of the flock. And in the fifth verse, It must be a lamb without blemish: then you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month. From the tenth day to the fourteenth it was to be kept: This typified that Lamb of God, that was so set apart. Then was the Lamb to be killed: by whom? Vers. 6. by all the Congregation of Israel. And thus was Christ to be singled out, and to be slain: Every mother's son had a hand in killing this Lamb of God. He is set apart to suffer for sinners, picked out as a singled deer; which being designed to the game, the hounds will follow only, and no other. Thus was Christ hunted to death by one sorrow after another, till he gave up the Ghost upon the Cross. In the Gospel according to St. John, we read how the people took branches of Palm trees, and went forth to meet Christ, cap. 12.12, 13. and that was the day the Lamb was set apart; and he was so set apart, till the Jew's Passover. This concerns me, saith Christ. Christ saw himself typified in the Lamb that was set apart: Observe then on that very day, Father, saith he, Deliver me from that hour.
2. Those things which were required of us in the action. And there we have the acts of the Minister in the administration: I must not look on these as idle Ceremonies, but as real Representations, otherwise we take God's name in vain. I must look upon the Minister, who represents the person of Christ, and by the eyes of faith see Christ himself offered for me, when I see the bread broken, the wine poured out. Whosoever therefore, thou art, who wouldst worthily partake of Christ at the holy Table, behold him offered to thee, when the Minister bids thee take, and eat; take, and drink. And when the Minister bids thee take, know that in as good earnest as the Minister offers thee the bread and wine, the Lord of••rs thee his Son, Christ Jesus. Take Christ my Son, dead, and crucified for thee. Consider, when thou seest the Minister set the bread and wine apart, how God from all eternity set apart his Son for us: If we have not done this, we must do it. Exod. 12.3. See the manner of the setting apart of the Lamb, which was a type of Christ; In the tenth day of the month they shall take unto them every man a Lamb, according to the house of their Fathers: This Lamb was to be set apart, and taken out of the flock. And in the fifth verse, It must be a lamb without blemish: then you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month. From the tenth day to the fourteenth it was to be kept: This typified that Lamb of God, that was so set apart. Then was the Lamb to be killed: by whom? Vers. 6. by all the Congregation of Israel. And thus was Christ to be singled out, and to be slain: Every mother's son had a hand in killing this Lamb of God. He is set apart to suffer for sinners, picked out as a singled deer; which being designed to the game, the hounds will follow only, and no other. Thus was Christ hunted to death by one sorrow after another, till he gave up the Ghost upon the Cross. In the Gospel according to St. John, we read how the people took branches of Palm trees, and went forth to meet Christ, cap. 12.12, 13. and that was the day the Lamb was set apart; and he was so set apart, till the Jew's Passover. This concerns me, saith Christ. Christ saw himself typified in the Lamb that was set apart: Observe then on that very day, Father, sath he, Deliver me from that hour.
