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The prophecy of Haggai, interpreted and applied in sundry sermonsThe prophesie of Haggai, interpreted and applyed in sundry sermons
The prophecy of Haggai, interpreted and applied in sundry sermons by the famous and judicious divine, John Rainolds, D.D. Never before printed, being very useful for these times.The prophesie of Haggai, interpreted and applyed in sundry sermons by the famous and judicious divine, John Rainolds, D.D. Never before printed, beeing very usefull for these times.
London: printed by W.W. for William Lee, 1649
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
For the first therefore to omit the other whereon this depends.
Their sin, the Prophet opens by two mystical Resemblances rawne from Moses Law, v. 13, 14. and declaring thence, v. 15. that they being themselves unclean, so were all their works and their sacrifices, which they more effectually to persuade them, the Lord, v. 12. commandeth Haggai to ask the Priest concerning the Law, as by the witnesses of them that were therein skilful to convince them, and perhaps to reprove the Priest which should before have taught the people according to the Law.
Their sinne, the Prophet opens by two misticall Resemblances rawne from Moses Law, v. 13, 14. and declaring thence, v. 15. that they being themselves uncleane, so were all their workes and their sacrifices, which they more effectually to perswade them, the Lord, v. 12. commandeth Haggai to aske the Priest concerning the Law, as by the witnesses of them that were therein skilfull to convince them, and perhaps to reprove the Priest which should before have taught the people according to the Law.
Now the Law of Moses layeth open these two Types for 1 Levit. 6. 27. concerning the sin offering, the Lord by Moses pronounceth, that it was most holy, and whatsoever should touch the flesh should be holy, and here is the former question made by the Prophet, v. 12, 13. if one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with the skirt do touch the bread or the pottage, whether the bread or the meat so touched, shall be holy, whereunto the Priest answered, no: And that eighthly, for though it be said there, that whatsoever thing the flesh of the sin-offering toucheth shall be holy, yet doth he not say that whatsoever toucheth that which toucheth the flesh shall be holy, In like manner the Jews in their sacrifice could not be said to be holy, because they touched that only which touched the thing that was holy, and never touched that thing which was holy, to wit the true flesh of sin as he called