22.

firous to be under the Molaick Law, cannot but ac-
knowledge to have been originally and always true;
the fame is true (5) Now. What was true concern- (5) ver.
ing the two Sons of Abraham, and likewife con- 29.
cerning the two Sons of Ifaac, who were the
Patriarchs with whom God's Covenant was origi-
nally made; is, by continuance of the fame Analogy,
true concerning the Covenant eftablifhed with the
Families, and with the Nation of the Jews, de-
fcended from thofe Patriarchs: 'tis true concerning
the Church of God, through all fucceffive Ages;
'tis true concerning the (1) Jerufalem which Now is, (1) Gal.
and concerning That which is to come. As (2) 4, 25.
Abraham had Two Sons, the one by a bond-maid, the (2) ver.
other by a free woman: And as (3) the Son of the (3) ver.
Bond-maid, though, according to the Flesh, no lefs 30.
truely his Natural Defcendent than the Other, yet
was not to be Co-Heir with Him who, by the Pro-
mife of God, was appointed to inherit: So, fays
the Apoftle, the (4) Jerufalem which Now is, and (4). ver.
is in bondage with her children; the visible earthly 25, 26.
Church, which received the external ceremonial Law
from Mount Sina; is not, by that outward general
denomination, intitled to the eternal favour of God;
But the Jerufalem which is above, which is the
Mother of us all, of All who by true Faith and
fincere Obedience are pleafing to God; This heaven-
ly Ferufalem, this fpiritual invifible Church or City
of the Living God it is, to which all the Promises of
God, made in All Ages to his Church, are, in re-
ality, originally and finally appropriated.

From this remarkable Inftance, 'tis well worth obferving by the way, that when the Apostles are fuppofed to argue with the Jews ad Hominem, the Meaning is, that Arguments alledged by the Apostles to the Jews in particular, differ from Arguments brought to the Gentiles, in This; not that they were at any time Arguments drawn from things acknowledged

21, 23.

(2) Gal. 3, 13.

19, 36.

Rev. 1, 5.

ledged by the Jews, and in themselves otherwife in conclafive; but that they were drawn, justly and Strongly, from things well known among the Jews, though what the Gentiles were Strangers to.

The Correfpondencies of Types and Antitypes, though they are not themselves proper Proofs of the Truth of a doctrine, yet they may be very reasonable Confirmations of the Foreknowledge of God; of the uniform View of Providence under different Difpenfations; of the Analogy, Harmony, and Agreement between the old Teftament and the New. The words in the Law, concerning one particular kind of death ; (1) Deut. (1) He that is hanged, is accurfed of God; can hardly be conceived to have been put in upon any other account, than with a View and Forefight to the application made of it by (2) St Paul. The (3) Exod. Analogies between the (3) Pafchal Lamb, and the 12;22,46. Lamb of God flain from the Foundation of the World; Joh. 1,29. between the Egyptian Bondage, and the Tyranny of Sin; between the (4) Baptifm of the Ifraelites in the (4) 1 Cor. Sea and in the Cloud, and the Baptifm of Chrifti10; 1, 2. ans; between the (5) Paffage through the Wil(5) Heb. derness, and through the Prefent World; between 4; 1,2. (6) Jesus [Foshua] bringing the People into the Cor. 10; promifed Land, and Jefus Chrift being the Captain I----- II. of Salvation to Believers; between the Sabbath of (6) Heb. 4; 8, 9. (7) Reft promifed to the people of God in the earth(7) Heb.4; ly Canaan, and the Eternal Reft promised in the 1,5,9, 11. Heavenly Canaan; between the (8) Liberty grant(8) Numb. ed from the time of the Death of the High Priest, to him that had fled into a City of Refuge, and the Redemption purchased by the Death of Chrift; be(10) Heb. tween the (9) High Priest entring into the Holy 25.12, 24, place, every year with the Blood of Others, and Chrift's (1) Col. (10) once entring with his own blood into heaven it2, 17 Self, to appear in the prefence of God for us: These (2) Heb. (I fay) and innumerable other Analogies, between (3) Heb. the (1) Shadows of things to come, the (2) Shadows 8, 5. of good things to come, the (3) Shadows of heaven

3, 15-.-9.

35; 25,28. (9) Heb.

9, 25.

10, I.

ly

9.

2.

ly things, the (4) Figures for the time then present, (4) Heb. 9, the (5) patterns of things in the heavens, and (6) (5) Heb.9, The Heavenly Things Themselves; cannot, without the force of ftrong Prejudice, be conceived to have (6) Heb. 9, happened by Mere Chance, without Any Forefight 2. or Design. There are no fuch Analogies, much lefs fuch Series of Analogies, found in the Books of mere enthufiaftick Writers, much less of enthusiastick Writers living in fuch remote Ages from each other. 'Tis much more credible, and reafonable to fuppofe, (what St Paul affirms,) that (7) these things (7) 1 Cor. were Our examples; and that, in the uniform courfe 10, 6. of God's Government of the world, (8) all these (8) ver. 11 things happened unto Them of old for [rózo] enfamples, and they are written for Our admonition, upon whom the Ends of the World are come. And hence arifes that Aptnefs of Similitude, in the application of feveral Legal Performances to the Morality of the Gospel; that it can very hardly be fuppofed, not to have been originally intended. As, (1) Know ye not that a little (1) i Cori Leaven leaveneth the whole Lamp? Purge out there- 5; 6, 7, 8. fore the Old Leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Chrift our Passover is facrificed for us. Therefore let us keep the Feaft, not with old Leaven, neither with the Leaven of Malice and Wickedness, but with the unleavened Bread of Sincerity and Truth. Again; (2) WE are (2) Phil. 3. THE Circumcifion, which worship God in the Spirit, 3. and rejoice in Chrift Jefus, and have no confidence

in the Flesh. And; (3) You being dead in your Sins (3) Col. 2 ; and in the Uncircumcifion of your flesh, hath God quick- 1, 11. ened together with Chrift; In whom alfo ye are circumcifed with the circumcifion made without hands, in putting off the Body of the Sins of the flesh, by [the Chriftian, the Spiritual circumcifion,] the circumcifion of Chrift. And: (1) Do ye not know, that they (1) I Cor. which wait at the Altar, are partakers with the 9: 13, 14, Altar? Even fo hath the Lord ordained, that they Tim. 5,

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8, 9, 10.

I

which 18.

(2) Matt.
2, 17. Jer.

31, 15.

15.

which preach the Gofpe!, fhould live of the Gospel. Say I thefe things as a Man? or faith not the Law the fame alfo? For it is written in the Law of Mofes, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the Ox that treadeth out the Corn. Doth God take care for Oxen? or faith be it altogether for our fakes?

Thus

Some Applications of Texts out of the Old Teftament, are mere Allufions. That is; Nothing more is intended to be affirmed, than that the words fpoken in the old Teftament are as Truly and as Juftly applicable to the prefent occafion, as they were to That upon which they were originally fpoken. Of this kind, I think, is That of St Matthew; (2) Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the Prophet, faying; In Rama was there a Voice heard, lamentation and weeping and great Mourning, Rachel weeping for her Children, and would not be comforted, because they are not. (1) 2 Cor. likewife St Paul: (1) I mean not that other Men be 8; 13, 14, cafed, and you burdened: But by an an Equality; AS it is written, He that had gathered much, had nothing over; and he that had gathered little, had no (2) If.6.9. lack Again: What (2) Ifaiah fays of the Jews, (fuppofing he did not fpeak there prophetically, though the Solemnity of the Introduction makes it much more reasonable to believe he did: But fuppofing he spake of the Jews in his own time,) Go and tell this People, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and fee ye indeed, but perceive not: make the heart of this People fat, and make their Ears heavy, and fout their Eyes; leaft they fee with their Eyes, and hear with their Ears, and understand with their (3) Matt. Heart, and convert and be healed: was (3) fulfilled, was verified, was equally true, equally applicable to the Jews, in our Saviour's days. Of the fame kind (4) Matt. feems to be (4) St Matthew's Application of that Paffage in (5) Isaiah; Surely he hath born our Griefs, (5) lf. 53, and carried our Sorrows. The fenfe of the words

13, 14.

8, 17

2. 24.

in the prophecy, is, what St Peter expreffes; (1) (1) 1 Pet. Who his own felf bare our Sins in his own body on the Tree: And the Apoftle to the Hebrews, (2) (2) Heb.9. Chrift was once offered, to bear th. Sins of Many. 28. Yet St Matthew fays; (3) He healed all that were (3) Matt. Sick That it might be fulfilled which was spoken 8; 16, 17. by Efaias the Prophet, faying; Himself took our infirmities, and bare our Sickneffes. His Meaning is: Chrift healed Difeafes in fuch a manner, that even in That fenfe alfo, the words of Isaiah were literally verified. To give but One Inftance more. (4) All these things (faith the Evangelift) Spake (4) Matt. Jefus unto the multitude in Parables; might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Prophet, faying, I will open my mouth in Parables, I will utter things which have been kept fecret from the Foundation of the World: That is, the words (5) (5) Pf. 78, of the Pfalmift were as properly, as truy, and as 2. justly applicable to the things which our Lord (poke, as to the occafion upon which they were originally fpoken by the Pfalmift.

that it i

To fuch as are accuftomed only to Modern Lan guages, and understand not the nature of the Hebrew and Syriack fpeech, it may feem very furprising, that

13534, 35,

in the (1) Two laft-mentioned Paffages, the Citati- (1) Matt. ons are introduced with These words, That it might 8, 17.13. be fulfilled which was spoken by the Prophet, faying 35. &c. But All who understand thofe Languages, well know, that the Phrafes anfwering to thefe expreffions, amanw, that it might be fulfilled; mean nothing more than, Hereby was verified, or, So that hereby was verified, or the like. And they who understand not the Languages, may yet eafily apprehend this, by confidering the nature and force of fome Other expreffions of the like kind. As: (2) They prophefy a lie (2) Jer. in my Name, THAT I might drive Behold, I fend unto you Prophets,

you

out. (3) 27, 15. THAT (3) Matt.

upon You may come All the righteous Blood. With

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