The prophecy of Haggai, interpreted and applied in sundry sermonsThe prophesie of Haggai, interpreted and applyed in sundry sermons

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,