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XII. It was to be eaten all, and with unleavened Bread. | XII. Signifying, that in Christ nothing is unprofitable, or to be rejected; and that we ought to eat with the unleavened Bread of Sincerity and Truth.
XIII. It was to be eaten with bitter Herbs. | XIII. Which typified forth the bitter Sorrows and Sufferings of Christ; and that we should eat our Passover with a sense of, and bitter sorrow for our Sins, wherein we were captivated.
XIV. It was to be eaten in every Family, and each Family to this purpose had a Lamb. | XIV. Showing the Unity that ought to be among God's People, they being all Fellow-Commoners in, and Partakers of the Privileges and Blessings of Christ. Every Church and Family of the Faithful, yea, each particular Soul, hath a whole Christ.
XV. The House was to be prepared. | XV. To signify how we should prepare our Hearts. 1 Cor. 11.28.
XVI. If the House was too little, the Neighbour's House was to be assumed; yea, the Strangers ⟨p. 47⟩were to partake, if they were circumcised. | XVI. To signify, first, the superabundant Virtue of Christ's Death, (for the House may be too little for the Lamb, but not the Lamb for the House) as also the ⟨p. 47⟩sweet Communion of the Saints in Love, the joyful Vocation also of the Neighbour-Gentiles, and their Admission into the Fellowship of the Faith, being inwardly circumcised, &c.
⟨p. 46⟩XVII. They were to eat it with their Loins girded. | XVII. This signifies the girding the Loins of our Minds with Justice, Strength, and Verity.
XVIII. They were to have their Shoes on. | XVIII. This was to figure out the Preparation of the Gospel of Peace, wherewith our Feet should be always shod.
XIX. They were to eat it in haste. The original word signifies to haste away, as with fear and amazement. | XIX. They that come to Christ, must be ready to walk in the way of Salvation, with the Staff of true Faith in their hands, as Strangers and Pilgrims, to make a daily progress towards the Land of everlasting Happiness.
XX. Lastly; In that the Blood of the Lamb was first sprinkled on them. | XX. It shows, that first Christ was made a Sacrifice to God, and then a Sacrament to us. Guild.
Type. | Disparity.
The Passover signified Christ was to come. | Our Passover shows he is come, and hath been crucified for us.
II. The Passover only fed the Body. | II. Christ spiritually feeds the Soul.
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XII. It was to be eaten all, and with unleavened Bread. | XII. Signifying, that in Christ nothing is unprofitable, or to be rejected; and that we ought to eat with the unleavened Bread of Sincerity and Truth.
XIII. It was to be eaten with bitter Herbs. | XIII. Which typified forth the bitter Sorrows and Sufferings of Christ; and that we should eat our Passeover with a sense of, and bitter sorrow for our Sins, wherein we were captivated.
XIV. It was to be eaten in every Family, and each Family to this purpose had a Lamb. | XIV. Shewing the Unity that ought to be among God's People, they being all Fellow-Commoners in, and Partakers of the Privileges and Blessings of Christ. Every Church and Family of the Faithful, yea, each particular Soul, hath a whole Christ.
XV. The House was to be prepared. | XV. To signify how we should prepare our Hearts. 1 Cor. 11.28.
XVI. If the House was too little, the Neighbour's House was to be assumed; yea, the Strangers ⟨p. 47⟩were to partake, if they were circumcised. | XVI. To signify, first, the superabundant Virtue of Christ's Death, (for the House may be too little for the Lamb, but not the Lamb for the House) as also the ⟨p. 47⟩sweet Communion of the Saints in Love, the joyful Vocation also of the Neighbour-Gentiles, and their Admission into the Fellowship of the Faith, being inwardly circumcised, &c.
⟨p. 46⟩XVII. They were to eat it with their Loins girded. | XVII. This signifies the girding the Loins of our Minds with Justice, Strength, and Verity.
XVIII. They were to have their Shooes on. | XVIII. This was to figure out the Preparation of the Gospel of Peace, wherewith our Feet should be always shod.
XIX. They were to eat it in haste. The original word signifies to haste away, as with fear and amazement. | XIX. They that come to Christ, must be ready to walk in the way of Salvation, with the Staff of true Faith in their hands, as Strangers and Pilgrims, to make a daily progress towards the Land of everlasting Happiness.
XX. Lastly; In that the Blood of the Lamb was first sprinkled on them. | XX. It shews, that first Christ was made a Sacrifice to God, and then a Sacrament to us. Guild.
Type. | Disparity.
THe Passeover signified Christ was to come. | OUr Passeover shews he is come, and hath been crucified for us.
II. The Passeover only fed the Body. | II. Christ spiritually feeds the Soul.
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