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A50253 The figures or types of the Old Testament by which Christ and the heavenly things of the Gospel were preached and shadowed to the people of God of old : explained and improved in sundry sermons / by Mr. Samuel Mather ... Mather, Samuel, 1626-1671.; Mather, Nathanael, 1631-1697. 1683 (1683) Wing M1279; ESTC R7563 489,095 683

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Mother neither shall he go out of the Sanctuary nor profane the Sanctuary of his God for the Crown of the Anointing Oil is upon him I am the Lord. What is the meaning of this he shall not defile himself for the dead Doubtless natural affections were not forbidden the Priests were not to be Stoicks and brute Beasts But it teacheth us that the Priest was to have more regard to the duty of his Function then to any natural passions or affections whatsoever Exod. 33.9 This was eminently fulfilled in Jesus Christ who did not lay aside any due or seasonable respect to his natural Relations A respect he had for them as appears by his Care of his Mother when he was on the Cross committing her to John but this was no unseasonable respect or regard of her But we find also that he was disputing in the Temple Luke 2.48 49. attending on the work of his Ministry and not attending on his Father and Mother and in Matth. 12.46 c. his Mother and Brethren or Kindred they stood without desiring to speak with him But he answered should not I be about my Fathers business who is my Mother and my Brethren c. whosoever doth the will of my Father the same is my Brother and Sister and Mother He would not so attend on them as to neglect the discharge and execution of his Office He did not at any time uncover his head by any weakness or inglorious passion or affection He did not defile himself by familiar communion with defiling sinners at any time he did converse with them sometimes but not so as to contract any pollution to himself He is separated from sinners he never touched any dead body with any defiling touch And this same spirit of neglect of natural respects to Relations the Lord requires also of others even of his Ministers and of all Believers in some cases and in some measure and degree They must regard the work of God more then the comfort and sweetness in the dearest relations Follow me saith Christ and let the dead bury the dead He that loveth Father or Mother more then me is not worthy of me A man must hate Father and Mother Wife and Children and Brethren and Sisters yea and his own Life also else he cannot be Christs Disciple Luke 14.26 So Paul Henceforth we know no man after the flesh 2 Cor. 5.16 Obj. When then is respect to Relations to be laid aside Answ The Rule is this when God by his Providence orders things so as that it stands in competition with the duty we ow to God when it is so we are then in some sense called to hate that is not to regard Father or Mother Wife or Children when our respects to them stand in competition with the duty we ow to Christ Every Believer is to do all this as well as Jesus Christ So we see the antient Observations and Rules belonging to the Order of the Priesthood of old they had respect to the Mystery of Christ and his Saints and Ministers under the Gospel The Priests also were Types of Christ in their Clothes and Apparel and Consecration to that Office But of these things hereafter THE GOSPEL of the PRIESTS HOLY GARMENTS Levit. 8.7 8 9. Febr. 7 11 14. 1668. And he put upon him the Coat and girded him with the Girdle and clothed him with the Robe and put the Ephod upon him and he girded him with the curious Girdle of the Ephod and bound it unto him therewith And he put the Brest-plate upon him also he put in the Brest-plate the Vrim and Thummim And he put the Mitre upon his head also upon the Mitre even upon his forefront did he put the Golden Plate the holy Crown as the Lord commanded Moses THese words beloved contain an enumeration of the Priestly Garments in the order in which they were put on at the Consecration of Aaron to his Office and so to sum up the words in one doctrinal proposition it is this Doct. That there were nine holy Garments instituted and appointed of God for the High Priests of old namely the holy Coat the Girdle the Robe the Ephod the Girdle of the Ephod the Brest-plate the Vrim and Thummim the Mitre and the Golden Plate Note these three things in general concerning them and then I shall come to particulars 1. The general end and use of these Garments was to be for Beauty and Glory Exod. 28.2 as betokening an higher Glory and Beauty then meerly outward even the Beauty of Holiness as a shadow of an higher spiritual Clothing for the Scripture often speaks of a spiritual Clothing the taking away the guilt of sin and clothing the Soul with Christs Righteousness Zech. 3.4 Take away the filthy Garments from him and unto him he said behold I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee and I will clothe thee with change of Raiment Psal 132.9 16. Let thy Priests be clothed with Righteousness and let her Saints shout for joy I will also clothe her Priests with Salvation and her Saints shall shout aloud for joy Job 29.14 I put on Righteousness and it clothed me my Judgment was as a Robe and a Diadem They are called holy Garments Exod 28.2 and often elsewhere but a Garment is not capable of inherent Holiness therefore it must be meant in regard of their use and signification The Lord did put a stamp and a relation of Holiness upon them by instituting and appointing them for sacred use in his Worship 2. The materials whereof they were made were these five Gold blue purple scarlet and fine Linnen Exod. 28.5 Some of them had all these ingredients there was none of them but had some of these Gold is costly and sumptuous Linnen is a white and clean clothing the rest have something of a bloody colour all of them together are thought to represent and to be a dark umbrage of the preciousness and glory of the true High Priest both in his Sufferings and in his Graces 3. For the number and order of them they are reckoned up and described at large in Exod. 28. and cap. 39. And being so largely spoken to almost two whole Chapters spent upon them by the spirit of God beside other briefer mention of them in other Scriptures we may safely conclude that there is much of spiritual use and mystery and meaning in them For it cannot enter into a Christian heart to think or imagine that the Holy Ghost would imploy two Chapters of Scripture in a thing of nought In Exod. 28. ver 4. the Brest plate is named first according to the order of Dignity that being the chief of all But in Levit. 8. they are mentioned in the order of putting them on and here there are nine mentioned in Exod. 29.5 6. there are seven but in Exod. 28.4 there are but six Which various enumerations of them are easily reconciled because some Garments are sometimes implied and included in others as