then any other in Israel Exod. 33. 11. So was the Lord more cleerely seene by Christ then by any creature Ioh. 1. 18. 20. Hee was in a sort transfigured in face on Sinai when he shined so before the people that they could not behold him vnuailed Exod. 34. 33. So was Christ transfigured wholly on Tabor when his body and garments shined to his Disciples that they were rauished and wist not what they said Math. 17. 21. Many of the people were destroyed with Korah for offending against him for murmuring and insurrection Numb 16. So were most of the Iewes by Titus for trespassing so against our Sauiour in crucifying him Iosephus Historie 22. He dyed willingly vpon Mount Abarim and left Ioshua to supply his roome Deut. 34. 5. So did Christ vpon Mount Golgotha and hauing ascended sent his Spirit to supply his rooms Act. 2. 23. His graue was neuer found for hee rose againe as is apparant by his apparition on Tabor vvith Elias talking vvith Christ Deut. 34. 6. Math. 17. So likewise did Christ Iesus rise the third day not beeing found of them that sought him in the graue Math. 28. 24. Hee led Israel to Canaan Deut. 32. So doth Christ leade his Church to Heauen Iohn 14. 6. 25. Hee was King Prophet and Mediatour of the people Typing so Christ Iesus in all these his Offices Heb. 9. 13. 26. He appointed the Tabernacle and seruice thereof as the Lord commanded him and according to the patterne Exod. 25. 40. So hath Christ appointed the worship of his Father in the Ministery and Gouernment of his Church according to the Word The Disparitie MOses was most vnwilling to vndergoe that calling of Deliuerance of Israel But Christ most willingly vndertooke the Deliuerance of his Church Moses hands also were wearied in holding vp therefore fell downe till Aaron and Hur stayed them vp But the hands of our blessed Mediatour are neuer weary to intercede for his people Moses saw not GOD face to face but hee that proceeded out of the bosome of the Father did see him cleerely euen Christ that is the ingrauen Character of the Father Also Moses led the people onely into the sight of Canaan and vnto the borders thereof but gaue them not possession therein But our Mediatour and Messiah hath purchased the same vnto his Chosen and hath gone before to prepate a place for vs in that celestiall Canaan that wee may possesse the same peaceably after the day of our dissolution Of holy times in generall AS there were amongst the Iewes in that Leuiticall and Typicall Law of theirs holy Persons holy Things holy Places so were there holy Times which were eyther Dayes Moones Seasons or Yeeres calling to memory speciall benefits and therewith pointing at more higher mysteries 1. DAyes were the Sabbath which was holy Which did call to minde the benefit of our Creation for which wee should be thankefull and did therewith signifie that eternall rest of Gods Chosen which they should enioy Reu. 14. 13. 2. Moones Such was the New Moone which was holy Which did put in minde the Lords Gubernation of all things as from whom all alterations and changes doe come and therefore teacheth vs to relye on his prouidence Psol 23. 1. 3. Seasons which were three  1. The Passeouer Typing and teaching the benefit of our Redemption as shall be hereafter more fully declared 2. The Pentecost Remembring vs thereby to acknowledge the benefit of our Sanctification by the holy Ghost 3. The Feast of Tabernacles or Tents To make vs mindfull as well as the lewes of our Protection who are dayly preserued as the Israelites in Tents were in the Wildernes 4. Yeeres which was euery seuenth yeere but in speciall that great Iubile after a Sabbath of seuen yeeres To remember vs of that full freedome and ioy in that great day of the glorifying of Gods Saints So that beeing Created Gouerned Redeemed and preserued here by the same God we shall be Glorified hereafter The Passeouer Exod. 12. 2. Cor. 5. 7. 1. IT was called the Passouer because the destroying Angell passed ouer all their houses whose doore-posts were striked with the bloud thereof and wherein the same was eaten Exod. 12. 27. So is Christ called because Gods wrath passes ouer all them whose soules are sprinkled with his bloud and truely by Faith feede vpon him 1. Cor. 5. 7. 2. It was killed before Israel was deliuered Exod. 12. 6. So Christ behooued to suffer before wee could be redeemed Act. 17. 2. 3. It vvas killed before Moses Law or Aarons Sacrifices were â—…nioyned To shew that by none of them but by the true Passeouer that Lambe of God killed from the beginning deliuerance comes to mankinde Rom. 3. Heb. 9. 4. It was killed and to be killed yeerely the first Moneth of the yeere ver 2. when the day lengthening and the Sunne ascending each thing beginneth to reuiue To shew that by the true Passeouer not onely is our time and all other things sanctified but also that wee should in recent remembrance of that benefit of our Redemption all our dayes and yeeres bee thankefull to our gracious Redeemer Ephes. 5. 4. 20. and that by his death true life reuiuing came vnto mankinde 5. It was slaine the 14. day which was the fourth day after the separation therof ver 6. which was then full moone shaddowing that theÌ„ Christ should suffer when the fulnes of ceremoniall light was in him accomplished and in his death to make a full period euer thereafter to decay and vanish as also To shew first that instantly after his Birth our Passeouer should not be sacrificed till the appointed houre and secondly that as thereby they were taught to prepare themselues to the eating thereof so should we to the eating of our Lambe by true Faith and Repentance 1. Cor. 11. 6. In the euening the Passeouer was killed ibid. Shewing thereby that in the latter time Christ should suffer and as at night there is darknes and all are at rest So when all mankinde was sitting in darknes of minde and life and all the world at a generall outward rest of peace then should our Sauiour come and suffer As also the killing thereof at euen did shew how as at euen the Sunne goes too so it was the Sunne of righteousnes that was to suffer and dye and at his Passion what vniuersall darknes should bee vpon the whole earth Luke 23. 44. 7. At night also the Passeouer was eaten verse 8. Prefiguring so vnto vs how our true Paschall Lambe should bee eaten by vs in mysterio scilicet accenso alio lumine quam naturali 8. It was eaten in Goshen Israel being in Egypt and in Ierusalem they beeing in Canaan both places of the Churches abode To shew that in his true Church onely is our true Pastor to bee found and profitably fedde vpon Col. 1. 18. 9. It was more particularly eaten in the Family each house a Lambe verse 3. Shewing that with vnitie in faith
Christ the Crosse whereon he was nayled to Golgotha Ioh. 19. 9. Thus Isaac was obedient to his Father euen vnto death Euen so was Christ that most truely Phil. 2. 8. 10. Isaac came the third day to the place of Immolation v. 4. So did Christ to his suffering in the 33. yeere of his age or thereby consisting of three tens and three vnites as also neither in the time of the Law of Nature nor in the written Law but in the time of Grace euen that perfect fulnesse of time decreed 11. Isaac onely got the heritage to him and his and Ismael with others the moueables Gen. 25. 5 6. So hath Christ the heauenly inheritance onely prepared for his Chosen the wickeds portion beeing worldly things Psal. 4. 7. Ioh. 17. 12. Isaac had Esau and Iacob who struggled in the wombe of Rebecca Gen. 25. 22. So Christ hath Elect and Reprobates in his visible Church who disagree in manners Math. 22. 13. Isaacs wife was taken of one kindred with himselfe Gen. 24. 4. So is Christs Church of that same flesh and nature which he did assume Mat. 1. 23. 14. Isaacs wife was faire Gen. 26. 7. So is Christs Church beautifull within Reu. 21. 15. Shee was owed by his fathers seruant and brought vnto him Gen. 24. So is the Church by the true Pastors and brought vnto Christ dispensatione Verbi Cant. 1. 7. 16. Shee forsaketh all and vailed commeth to her Husband adorned with his Iewels that were giuen vnto her Gen. 24. 65. So must the Church forsake all in preferment of affection and in humilitie deckt with his graces must come vnto Christ Cant. 3. 17. Isaac meeteth his Wife comming to him Gen. 24. 63. So doth Christ his Church with preuenting grace and acceptation Ephes. 2. 18. Her name was Ribekah which is fed verse 64. So is Christ his Church with that heauenly foode and comfort of his Word Cant. 2. 5. 19. Isaac brought her into the Tent of his Mother and was comforted after her death vers 67. So Christ hath brought the Church of the Gentiles in the place of the Iewes of whom hee was borne and doth reioyce concerning their ingrafting Isaiah 22. 6. 20. Isaac was offered and yet dyed not for hee was receiued from death after a sort Heb. 11. 19. So Christ God and Man in one Person was offered and yet according to his Godhead dyed not but by vertue thereof in his manhood rose from the dead Math. 28. 6. 21. In the hand of the Father to the sacrificing was carried the knife and the fire Gen. 22. 6. So to the Crosse and Immolation of Christ in the hand of his Father likewise went sharp Iustice and feruent loue withall concurring Math. 26. The Disparitie ISaac being waxed old and through the dimnesse of his eyes not beeing able to discerne or see was deceiued by Iacob who got so the blessing of his elder brother Esau but our vnalterable all-seeing Iesus can neuer bee deceiued to bestow the blessing vpon one for another or place the same wrong The Allegorie of the Blessing Gen. 27. AS Isaac loued Esau the elder so did Christ the Iewes whom longing to gather vnder his wings hee called in the latter time and craued of them that meat which his soule loued whereof he spoke when hee said My meat is to doe the will of the Father but they went out hauing not yet returned and in the meane while the Gentiles the yonger Brother entred in not daring to doe so by their owne presumption but perswaded by the promises of Grace hauing the sauourie meat of the merit of their Sauiours death to offer which they found not without in the world but prepared within in the Church and so cloathed with the garments of the elder which is adoption and right to the promises their neck and hands couered with the skin of the Kid which is the remembrance of their sinnes that killed their Sauiour or which is his perfect righteousnes they smelled sweetly before their Father through free acceptation and obtained the fruitfulnesse of grace with the assurance of the remission of their sinnes wherein the blessing consists 9. Melchisedech Gen. 14. 1. MElchisedech a King of righteousnes So is Christ that truely Reu. 15. Heb. 7. 2. 2. Also King of Salem or Peace So is Christ Iesus our Prince of Peace Esa. 9. 6. Heb. 7. 3. 3. He was the Priest of the most High God Gen. 14. 18. So likewise is Christ made not after the carnall commandement but after the power of endlesse life Heb. 7. 16. 4. He was without Father or Mother viz. mentioned Heb. 7. So Christ as God is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 motherlesse and as man 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 without a Father 5. He was without Kindred Ibid. So likewise Christ according to his Deitie 6. Hee was of another order then Aaron So also Christ and of the same order with Melchisedech Heb. 7. 16. to shew the imperfection of the Priesthood of Leui verse 11. the necessity of the change of the Law 12. 7. Hee continueth Priest for euer and hath neither beginning of dayes nor end of life to wit mentioned Heb. 7. 3. So doth Christ continue our High-Priest for euer whose Priesthood cannot passe from one to another and therefore is able perfectly to saue thâ—… that come to God by him seeing he euer liueth to make intercession for them Heb. 7. 24 25. and whose Priesthood is confirmed by an oath Psal. 110. to shew that by so much is Iesus made a suretie of a better Testament Heb. 7. 21 22. 8. He receiued tithe of all from Abraham and blessed him in whose Ioynes Leui was Gen. 14. 20. To shew thereby that as therein hee was greater then Abraham Heb. 7. 7. so the excellency greatnes of our High Priest Iesus aboue Leui or the Priesthood of the Law being of one order as is said with Melchisedech by bringing in a better hope whereby we draw neere to God and being himselfe vndefiled separate from sinners and made higher then the heauens Heb. 7. 19 26. 9. Hee gaue Bread and Wine to refresh Abraham and his company after the battell and not that he offred vp the same as any sacrifice Gen. 14. 18. So Christ doth giue his body and bloud for the refreshment of the faithfull receiuers which once already himselfe offered vp as an all-sufficient sacrifice vpon the Crosse neuâ—… againe to bee repeated Heb. 7. 27. 10. Melchisedech was greater then Abraham and consequently then all Israel which then was in his loynes Heb. 7. 7. So Christ is greater and more excellent then the Church or his mysticall body hee beeing the head thereof Zech. 14. 9. 11. Melchisedech was but one of his order onely before or vnder the Law So is Christ that one onely Priest of his order vnder the Gospell to offer vp propitiatorie sacrifice vnto the Father needing no successors therein seeing he is immortall and is consecrated for euermore Heb. 7. 24 28.
the way seeing he forgaue them and giues them victuals and Chariots for the iourney verse 24. So doth Christ recommend loue amongst his members and seeing hee hath pardoned vs that we mutually forgiue one another and hath giuen vs the meanes of his Word and Sacraments to further vs in the way of our saluation Ioh. 15. 37. They shew by word and by his gifts vnto their Father that Ioseph was aliue verse 27. So should wee by our profession and the graces of the Spirit shining in our liues that Iesus is liuing in vs 2. Cor. 5. 15. 38. The words of Ioseph reported by his BrethreÌ„ were confirmed by the sight of the Chariots vnto Iacob So are the promises of Iesus vttered by his Ministers ratified and sealed vnto his people by the blessed Sacraments Math. 28. 19. which are the chariots of grace to all true Beleeuers 39. The Lords promise of protection the desire to see Ioseph and the hunger in the Land ioyned al together mooued Iacob the more quickly and gladly to remoue Gen. 46. So Gods promise of connoy by his Angels the desire to be with Christ and the scarcitie of goodnesse heere mooues the godly more willingly to depart Phil. 1. 23. Ioseph went out and met his Brethren Ge. 46. 29. So doth Iesus obuiat all those that come vnto him Luke 15. by his grace heere and Angels hereafter 41. Pharaoh and his Court reioyced at their comming Gen. 47. So doth the Lord and the Angels of Heauen reioyce at the conuersion of sinners Luke 15. 8. 42. Hee goeth to Pharaoh and speaketh for them and instructeth them how to speake before Pharaoh Gen. 46. 31. So doth Christ intercede for vs at the Fathers hands and instructeth vs how to pray to him Math. 6. Heb. 5. Rom. 8. 43. Hee placed them in pleasant Goshen there while thence they should goe to fruitfull Canaan thereafter Gen. 47. 11. So Christ places his own in the estate of Grace here while they bee transplanted into the estate of glorie and of his triumphant Church hereafter Iohn 17. 24. 44. Iacobs Petition concerning Ioseph when they met was Now let mee dye in peace seeing I haue seene thy face Gen. 46. 30. So was old Simeons concerning Christ Now let â—…y seruant depart in Peace seeing I haue seens the saluation of the Lord Luke 〈◊〉 45. Ioseph brought his two sonnes to bee blessed of his Father Gen. 48. So hath Christ brought his Chosen of the Iew and Gentile a new way to bee blessed of his Father Heb. 10. 20. 46. Iacob willeth that his name be named on Iosephs sons and that they bee accounted as his Gen. 48. 16. Euen so hath the Lord adopted vs to be his sonnes through Christ and willed that his name likewise bee called vpon by vs saying Abba Father Ro. 8. 47. Ioseph buried his Father solemnely Gen. 50. So did Christ the shadowish types that went before him perfectly Iohn 19. 30. 48. While Ioseph liued Israel did not so increase So while Christ suffered the Church did not so flourish Euseb. Hist. 49. Israel was afflicted after Iosephs death while at last the Lord deliuered them So was the Church vnder the ten Persecutions after Christs death till the Lord at last did settle the same in peace Euseb. The Disparitie IOseph accused his Brethren vnto his Father and brought him their euill saying Gen. 37. 2. But Christ Iesus excuseth his brethren couering their faults and intercedeth for them 13. Moses 1. MOses drawne or taken out So was Christ drawne out of the waters of many afflictions to bee consecrated our Sauiour and taken out of the race of mankinde to bee that Blessed Seed Gen. 3. 15. 2. He was meanely borne Exod. 2. 1. So was Christ of a poore Virgin Math. 1. 3. He was immediately after his birth persecuted by the cruelty of Pharaoh ver 3. Euen so was Christ by the crueltie of Herod Math. 2. 4. His Cradle was an Arke dawbed with slime and Pitch So was Christs first cradle an vncleanly crib Luke 2. 5. He was wonderfully preserued by her whose sonne hee was called verse 9. So was Christ by Ioseph beeing admonished in a dreame whose sonne hee was reputed Math. 2. 6. He left Pharaohs Court to bee a Deliuerer of his People to suffer with them verse 15. So did Christ the Court of Heauen to deliuer his Chosen and both to suffer for and with them Esay 53. 7. He was a Shepheard and his Wife blacke but fruitfull verse 21. So is Christ the Shepheard of our soules and hiâ—… Church blacke but comeâ—… and fruitfull in godlinesse 1. Pet. 2. Cant. 2. 8. Moses was sent to deliuer Israel out of Pharaohs bondage Exod. 3. 10. So is the Messiah that sent of God to deliuer hiâ—… Church from Satan siâ—… and damnation 1. Coâ—… 15. 57. 9. Hee was meeke aboue all men but wrathful at the erection of the golden Calfe Exod. 31. So was Christ meeâ—… it selfe but full of zealoâ—… anger at the abusing 〈◊〉 Gods House Mar. 11. 10. Hee was faithfull in all Gods house Heb. 3. 2. So was Christ Iesus but in a more excellent maner as a Sonne and not as a seruant Heb. 3. 3. 11. At his comming to deliuer Israel Pharaoh raged and oppressed them the more Exod. 5. So did Satan and his instruments rage the more at the comming of Christ to redeeme mankinde and still rageth the more that his kingdome is neere aâ—… end 1. Pet. 5. 8. 12. The Egyptians mis-regarded his message Exod. 7. So did the wicked Scribes Christs speeches and still as yet the vngodly contemne his Word Math. 7. 6. 13. Israel was baptized in their deliuery from Pharaoh vnto Moses in the Cloud and in the Sea 1. Cor. 10. Typing how the Church of God in their deliuerie from Satan sinne death by Christ Iesus should bee baptized vnto him and by him in the Red Sea of his precious bloud 1. Cor. 12. 13. 14. Moses instituted the Passeouer and deliuered Israel by his Rod through the red Sea Exod. 12. So did Christ the Lords Supper and deliuered hâ—… Church by his Crosse through his bloud Math. 26. 1. Ioh. 2. 15. Hee sweetned Marah vnto the people by the Tree hee did cast in Exodus 15. 25. So hath Christ our afflictions by the Crosse that he did beare Heb. 2. 10. 16. While hee prayed with his hands vp Israel ouercame their enemies and at his mediation Gods wrath was appeased Numb 14. Exod. 17. So by the intercession of Christ grace is giuen vs to ouercome our spirituall enemies and Gods wrath is altogether quenched Heb. 8. 6. 17. The Law was giuen by Moses and exhibited by wonders Exod. 20. So is the Gospell by Christ and confirmed by miracles Ioh. 1. 18. Moses fasted forty dayes before he gaue the Law on Sinai Exod. 19. So did Christ fast so long in the wildernesse before he began to preach the Gospell in Iudea Math. 4. 19. God was more cleerely manifested to him
shall leade them euen to the springs of waters shall hee driue them 19. He should be the naturall Sonne of God and therefore nâ—…t begotten by man but conceiued of the holy Ghost I Will declare the Decree that is the Lord hath said vnto me Thou art my Sonne this day I haue begotten thee Kisse the Sonne lest he be angry and ye perish in the way when his wrath shall suddenly burne blessed are all that trust in him Thou beheldest till a stone was cut off the Mountaine without hands which smote the Image vpon his feet And whosoeuer shall fall on this stone he shall be broken but on whomsoeuer it shall fall it will dash him in pieces For loe the stone that I haue laid before Iehoshua vpon that one stone there shall bee seuen eyes Behold I will cut out the grauing thereof saith the Lord of Hosts And the Angell answered and said vnto her The Holy Ghost shall come vpon thee the power of the most High shall ouershaddow thee Therfore also that Holy thing which shall be borne of thee shall be called the Sonne of God 20. His low abasement vpon earth I Am a Worme and not a Man a shame of men and the contempt of the people But hee shall grow vp before him as a Branch and as a Roote out of a dry ground he hath neither forme nor beauty when wee shall see him there shall bee no forme that we should desire him He is despised and reiected of men he is a man ful of sorrowes and hath experience of infirmities wee hid as it were our faces from him he was despised and we esteemed him not 21. His perfect obedience vnto the Father THe Lord God hath opened my eare and I was not rebellious neither turned I backe Then said I Loe I come for in the Roll of the Booke it is written of me I desired to doe thy good will O my God yea thy Law is within my heart I haue declared thy righteousnesse in the great Congregation Loe I will not refraine my lips O Lord thou knowest c. Because I kept the wayes of the Lord and did not wickedly against my God For all his lawes were before me and I did not cast away his commandements I was vpright also with him and haue kept mee from wickednesse Therefore the Lord rewarded me according to my righteousnesse and according to the purenesse of my hands in his sight Thou louest righteousnesse and hatest wickednesse because God euen thy GOD hath anointed thee with the oyle of gladnes aboue thy fellowes 22. His meeknesse and mercy towards man A Bruised Reed hee shall not breake and the smoking Flax shall hee noâ—… quench hee shall bring forth iudgement in truth 23. His humble behauiour and riding to Ierusalem on an Asse-Colt Math. 21. HEe shall not cry nor lift vp nor cause his voice to bee heard in the street Reioyce greatly O Daughter Zion Shout for ioy O Daughter Ierusalem Behold thy King commeth vnto thee he is iust and saued himselfe poore and riding vpon an Asse and vpon a Colt the Foale of an Asse 24. His zealous purging of the Temple FOr the zeale of thine House hath eaten mee and the rebukes of them that rebuked thee are falne vpon mee 25. The children cry in the Temple Hosanna to the Sonne of Dauid as it is written BY the mouthes of Babes and sucklings thou hast made perfect thy praise 26. The time of his suffering ANd after threescore and two weekes which is 439. yeeres after the building of the Temple at the commandement of Darius shall Messiah bee slaine and shall haue nothing c. And he shall confirme the Couenant with many for one weeke till that eternall Sabbath and in the middest of the weeks that is after three yeeres preaching or thereabout he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease Christ accomplishing and abrogating the same by his Deatâ—… and Passion c. 27. His betrayer Iudas a Disciple YEa my familiar friend whom I trusted which did eate of my bread hath lifted vp the heele against me Surely mine enemy did not defame me for I could haue borne it neither did mine Aduersarie exalt himselfe against mee for I would haue hid my selfe from him But it was thou O man euen my companion my guide and my familiar Which delighted in consulting together went into the House of God as companions And haue rewarded mee euill for good and hatred for my friendship Set thou the wicked therefore ouer him and let the Aduersarie stand at his right hand When he shall be iudged let him bee condemned and let his prayer bee turned into sinne Let his dayes bee few and let another take his charge 28. His exercise in the Garden before hee was betrayed and what he suffered there FOr my friendship they were my Aduersaries but I gaue my selfe to Prayer From aboue hee sent fire into my bones Mine eyes do faile with teares my bowels swell my Liuer is powred vpon the earth c. Behold O Lord how I am troubled my bowels swell my heart is turned within mee for I am full of heauinesse I am like water powred out and all my bones are out of ioynt my heart is like Waxe it is molten in the midst of my bowels 29. The price for which he was sold and how it was bestowed SO they weighed for my wages or price thirty pieces of siluer And the Lord said vnto mee Cast it vnto the Potter a goodly price that I was valued at of them And I tooke the thirty pieces of siluer and cast them to the Potter in the House of the Lord. 30. The scattering of his Disciples when he was betrayed and taken Math. 26. ARise O Sword vpon my Shepheard and vpon the man that is my fellow saith the Lord of Hosts Smite the Shepheard and the Sheepe shall bee scattered 31. His preceding sufferings before his crucifying in Scoâ—…rging Buffeting Spetting c. I Gaue my back vnto the smiters and my cheekes to the nippers I hid not my face from shame and spetting As many were astonied at thee his visage was so deformed of men and his forme of the sonnes of men so shall he sprinkle many Nations 32. How his garments should bee parted THey parted my garments amongst them and did cast Lots vpon my Vesture 33. How hee should bee nayled on a Crosse. THey pearced my hands and my feete And in that he was to redeeme vs from the curse of the Law being made a curse for vs it behooued so to be as it is written Cursed is euery one that hangeth on a Tree 34. That hee should be crucified betweene Malefactors ANd hee was counted with the Transgressors 35. How hee should bee mocked and