nay contrarily all their sacrifices were by them defiled and made unclean, since the touching of a dead body did signify the committing of sinful disobedience, which was deadly: and whatsoever such a person did touch did signify whatsoever he did, which thereby he defiled, so that the Jews being themselves defiled by their disobedience in not building of the Temple defiled all their works; even their very offerings, seemed they never so holy before men, yet before God they were but polluted and defiled. Now to pass by the ground of this reproof, the testimony, namely of the Priests out of the law, of which before ver. 12. and to proceed to other notes of instruction, 1 from the two similitudes in general from the ptne of their meaning applied we may observe, that the sacrifices and ceremonies of the old law were ordained by God, not to signify only those things, which the, words barely did import unto the Jews, but other mister jes also for the comfort of the godly unto the end of the world: this the Apostle, Col. 2. 17. showeth us, that these were but shadows 1 as it were the just draughts of the lineaments, as painters 1(whence the phrase seemeth to be taken) use first in a darker sort, as with a coal or the like to shadow forth their portraiture as Apelles did Ptolemy his servant, (Plin. lib. 35. c. 10.) which after 2they make more perfect, and yet more plainly, Heb. 8. 5. ⟨p. 146⟩where it is said, that Moses made the tabernacle, and all things therein according to the heavenly pattern which God showed him in the Mount, which pattern what was it, but the mysteries of our redemption, by our Saviour Christ, which were shadowed out by the Tabernacle. To show this by examples Exo. 12. there was a paschal lamb appointed to be killed, and the blood to be sprinkled on the door posts, 1 Cor. 5. the Apostle applieth this to Christ, saying, For Christ our saviour is offered, Exo. 29. 38. There was appointed in the daily sacrifice two lambs to be offered, one in the morning, and the other in the evening: John the Baptist seeing our Saviour Christ (Joh. 1.) saith, behold the Lamb of God that takes away the sins of the world. whereof indeed the other were but shadows: Numb. 21. Moses is appointed to erect a brazen Serpent, that the people who were stung with the fiery serpents might look thereon and be healed, in John 3.
nay contrarily all their sacrifices were by them defiled and made uncleane, since the touching of a dead body did signifie the committing of sinfull disobedience, which was deadly: and whatsoever such a person did touch did signify whatsoever he did, which thereby he defiled, so that the Jewes being themselves defiled by their disobedience in not building of the Temple defiled all their works; even their very offerings, seemed they never so holy before men, yet before God they were but polluted and defiled. Now to passe by the ground of this reproofe, the testimony, namely of the Priests out of the law, of which before ver. 12. and to proceed to other notes of instruction, 1 from the two similitudes in generall from the ptne of their meaning applyed we may observe, that the sacrifices and ceremonies of the old law were ordained by God, not to signify only those things, which the, words barely did import unto the Jewes, but other myster ies also for the comfort of the godly unto the end of the world: this the Apostle, Col. 2. 17. sheweth us, that these were but shadowes 1 as it were the just draughts of the lineaments, as painters 1(whence the phrase seemeth to be taken) use first in a darker sort, as with a coal or the like to shadow forth their portraiture as Apelles did Ptolomie his servant, (Plin. lib. 35. c. 10.) which after 2they make more perfect, and yet more plainely, Heb. 8. 5. ⟨p. 146⟩where it is said, that Moses made the tabernacle, and all things therein according to the heavenly patterne which God shewed him in the Mount, which patterne what was it, but the mysteries of our redemption, by our Saviour Christ, which were shadowed out by the Tabernacle. To shew this by examples Exo. 12. there was a paschall lambe appointed to be killed, and the bloud to be sprinkled on the doore posts, 1 Cor. 5. the Apostle applyeth this to Christ, saying, For Christ our saviour is offered, Exo. 29. 38. There was appointed in the daily sacrifice two lambes to be offered, one in the morning, and the other in the evening: John the Baptist seeing our Saviour Christ (
- 1His name was Planus.
- 2Plin. Hist. Nat. lib. 35. cap. 1•.
