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the b!oud of any facritice upon the Altar j
God had rcferved that
adion to be done by the Prietls only, becaiife it was one of the e(-
feniial pans ot the Sacrifice : S^QAinf. on Lev.i.'^. Majmtny
(aith, T/.v.f the aSiio» of fj>rinhaling hUud upon the AlmXy ii a
veigktj mAttLT^it IS the root tr prificipal of the Sacrifice-^
Sec Ahtf,
in ExoJ.i 1 .
fy ..\\ nnzid ic already -and the manner otfprlnkling
muft be d' nc v\i h a large and liberal quantity and thereiure • it is
called pouring cu:, as I have formerly noted it in £pr. i.^.and
this Iprinkling with pouring aji did repref nt thf df athof the
beaftjand alfo it did typific the death of theMedidtor ^
for the f^ul"
of the beartisinthcbloud, andfb alfbthe foul or viral fpirirs ot
man is in his bloud, or wkh his bloud : and therefore a Urge quantity
ot bloud fhedj muft needs be a true evidence of death.
Secondly, Bloud was given or /prinkled upon the Altar to make
Atonement fot mens fouls.
Thirdly, ItplealedGodin thisrefpcd to ftperate blcud from
the common u(c of food, as long as the partition wall of Ceremonies
ftr od betwixt Jews and Gentiles.
Fourthly,
Therefore the Lord did threaten the Jews, that if^ttiy'
d/ them did e^t bloud, hdt [oul Jhtuld be cut off from among hit
people : Lev. 17.11.4. Lev. 7. 2^. But now the partition Wall is
broken dov;n, and both Jews and Gentiles miy eat
bloud and
things firangled as lawfully as any other food.
And becaufe this large and liberal fprinkling of bloud by the
Prieft upon the Altardid reprefl'nt the death of the facrifice, and
typifie the death and facrifice of Chrift
• therefore bloud was much
ufed as a purging type, for almoft all things arc by the Law purged
withbkud- Kf^. p. II, ii.tofignificuntous, the purging nature
of CI. rills faaihcc of Atonement : Material Bloud doth not
purge, but defile
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but Mediatorial Bloud doth clenfc and purge
away fin and therefore Chrirt made • his oblation by the joynt concnrrenceof
both his Nntures in a Mediatorial way of obedience;
his Human Nature wa^ the Larr b without fpor, and his Divine
Nature was both the Prieftandthe Alrar whereby and whereon
his human Nature was facrificrd and offered; and by this means
hrf death became a (acrifice of propitiation to procure Gods Atonement
to all the true Uracl of God; and ill this refp.'d his death is
called thf jfrinkl'^fg of the blond of Chrtfi^ i Pa. i, 2. \>chich
Ipeaketh