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DRAWN FROM THE EXPOSITION OF THE TEXTS WHICH ARE HANDLED AND
IMPROVED IN THIS VOLUME.
1. Every part of God's house, and the
place wherein he will dwell, is filled
and adorned with pledges of his pre-
sence, and means of communicating
his grace
2. The communication of sacred light
from Christ in the gifts of the Spirit, is
absolutely necessary unto the due and
acceptable performance of all holy of-
fices and duties of worship in the
church
3 No man, by his utmost endeavours in
the use of outward means, can obtain
the least beam of saving light, unless it
be communicated unto him by Christ,
who is the only fountain and cause
of it
VERSES 3-5.
ib.
1. The more of Christ, by the way of re-
presentation or exhibition, any institu-
tions of divine worship do contain or
express, the more sacred and holy are
they in their use and exercise.
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DOCTRINE.
PAGE.
2. It is Christ alone who in himself is
really the Most Holy, the spring and
fountain of all holiness unto the church 21
3. The time of the burning of the incense
was after the sacrifice of the sin-offer-
ing
4. The incense was kindled with fire taken
from the altar where the blood of the
sacrifices was newly offered
5. The mediatory intercession of Jesus
Christ was a sweet savour unto God,
and efficacious for the salvation of the
.
6. The efficacy of Christ's intercession
dependeth on his oblation
7. The glory of these types did no way
answer the glory of the antitype, or
that which was represented by them
8. We are always to reckon, that the ef-
ficacy and prevalency of all our prayers
depends on the incense which is in the
hand of our merciful high priest
9. Although the sovereign will and plea-
sure of God be the only reason and
original cause of all instituted worship,
yet there is, and ever was, in all his
institutions, such an evidence of divine
wisdom and goodness, as gives them
beauty, desirableness, and usefulness,
unto their proper end
10. All the counsels of God concerning
his worship in this world, and his eter-
nal glory in the salvation of the church,
do centre in the person and mediation
of Christ
VERSES 6, 7.
23
24
2. It is our duty, with all humble dili-
gence, to inquire into the mind of the
Holy Ghost in all ordinances and in-
stitutions of divine worship
3. Although the Lord Christ was not ac-
tually exhibited in the flesh under the
old testament, nor had actually offered
himself unto God for us, yet had be-
lievers then an actual access into the
grace and favour of God, though the
way, the cause, and means of it, was
not manifestly declared unto them
4. The design of the Holy Ghost in the
tabernacle, and in all its ordinances
and institutions of worship, was to di-
rect the faith of believers unto what
was signified by them
5. Typical institutions, attended diligently
unto, were sufficient to direct the faith
of the church unto the expectation of
the real expiation of sin, and accept-
ance with God thereon
6. Though the standing of the first taber.
nacle was a great mercy and privilege,
yet the removal of it was a greater
7. The divine wisdom in the economy
and disposal of the revelation of the
way into the holiest, or of grace and
acceptance with himself, is a blessed
object of our contemplation
8. The clear manifestation of the way of
redemption, of the expiation of sin, and
peace with God thereon, is the great
privilege of the gospel
9. There is no access into the gracious pre-
sence of God, but by the sacrifice of
Christ alone
VERSE 9.
1. There is a state of perfect peace with
God to be attained under imperfect
obedience
49
50
52
57
58
65
2. These things alone are absolutely good
to the church, all other things are good
or evil as they are used or abused
3. So excellent are these good things,
that the performance and procuring of
them was the cause of the coming of
the Son of God, with his susception
and discharge of his sacerdotal office. ib.
4. Such a price and value did God put on
these things, so good are they in his
eyes, that he made them the subject of his
promises to the church from the foun- dation of the world
5. The human nature of Christ, wherein
he discharged the duties of his sacer-
dotal office in making atonement for
sin, is the greatest, the most perfect,
and excellent ordinance of God, far
excelling those that were most excel-
lent under the Old Testament
6. The Son of God undertaking to be the
high priest of the church, it was of ne-
cessity that he should come by, or
have a tabernacle, wherein to discharge
1. There is such an evidence of wisdom
and righteousness, unto a spiritual eye,
in the whole mystery of our redemp-
tion, sanctification, and salvation by
Christ, as gives an immoveable foun-
dation unto faith to rest upon, in its
receiving of it.
2. The efficacy of all the offices of Christ
towards the church, depends on the
dignity of his person
102
106
3. There is nothing more destructive to
the whole faith of the gospel, than by
any means to evacuate the immediate
efficacy of the blood of Christ
4. Christ's offering himself was the great-
est expression of his inexpressible love 108
5. It is evident how vain and insufficient
are all other ways of the expiation of
sin, with the purging of our consciences
before God
6. Faith hath ground of triumph in the
certain efficacy of the blood of Christ
for the expiation of sin
7. Nothing could expiate sin and free
conscience from dead works, but the
blood of Christ alone, and that in the
offering himself to God through the
eternal Spirit
8. It was God, as the supreme ruler and
lawgiver, with whom atonement for
sin was to be made
9. The souls and consciences of men are
wholly polluted, before they are pur-
ged by the blood of Christ
121
122
10. Even the best works of men, antece-
dently to the purging of their consci-
ences by the blood of Christ, are but
dead works
11. Justification and sanctification are in-
4. Effectual vocation is the only way of
entrance into the eternal inheritance
5. Though God will give grace and glory
unto his elect, yet he will do it in such
a way, as wherein and whereby he
may be glorified also himself
. ib.
127
129
130
6. Such is the malignant nature of sin, of
all transgression of the law, that un-
less it be removed, unless it be taken
out of the way, no person can enjoy
the promise of the eternal inheritance 132
7. It was the work of God alone to con-
trive, and it was the effect of infinite
wisdom and grace to provide a way for
the removal of sin, that it might not be
an everlasting obstacle against the com-
munication of an eternal inheritance
unto them that are called.
8. A new testament providing an eternal
inheritance in sovereign grace, the con-
stitution of a mediator, such a mediator
for that testament in infinite wisdom
and love, the death of that testator for
the redemption of transgressions, to ful-
fil the law and satisfy the justice of
God, with the communication of that
inheritance by promise, to be received
by faith in all them that are called, are
the substance of the mystery of the
gospel
136
9. The efficacy of the mediation and death
of Christ extended itself to all the call-
ed under the old testament, is an evi-
dent demonstration of his divine nature,
his pre-existence to all these things,
and the eternal covenant between the
Father and him about them
10. The first covenant did only forbid
and condemn transgressions; redemp-
tion from them is by the new testament
alone
1. The foundation of a church state among
any people, wherein God is to be ho-
noured in ordinances of instituted wor
ship, is laid in a solemn covenant be-
tween him and them
2. Approbation of the terms of the cove-
nant, consent unto them, and solemn
acceptance of them are required on
our part, unto the establishment of any
covenant between God and us, and our
participation of the benefits of it
3. It was the way of God from the begin-
ning, to take children of covenanters
into the same covenant with their pa-
143
151
153
154
155
6. The first eminent use of the writing of
the book of the law, that is, of any
part of the Scripture, (for this book
was the first that was written,) was
that it might be read unto the people 156
7. This book was both written and read
in the language which the people un-
derstood and commonly spake
8. God never required the observance of
any rites or duties of worship, without
a previous warrant from his word
9. The writing of this book was an emi-
nent privilege, now first granted unto
the church, leading unto a more per-
fect and stable condition than formerly
it had enjoyed.
10. The blood of the covenant will not
benefit or advantage us, without an
especial and particular application of
it unto our own souls and consciences 157
VERSE 20.
1. The condescension of God in making
a covenant with men, especially in the
ways of the confirmation of it, is a
blessed object of all holy admiration
VERSES 21, 22.
1. In all things wherein we have to with
God, whereby we approach unto him,
it is the blood of Christ, and the appli-
cation of it unto our consciences, that
gives us a gracious acceptance with
him
