Moses Unveiled — William Guild — Deadmen

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Moses Unveiled · William Guild

36. The meat-offering, Leuit. 2. and 6. 14. to 20.

1. IT was called a meat-offering,	Because it was an acknowledgement that they did hold their meat or food of God, and had receiued it of his blessing: and because part thereof went as meat vntounto the Priest: as likewise, teaching vsus, that Christ Iesus is the true meat, and comfortable nourishment of eueryevery hungry soule, once for all offered to the Father, and dayly in his Word and Sacraments offered and exhibited to vsus, Ioh. 6.
2. If it bee of Flowre, it shall be fine Flowre, Leu. 2. 1.	Shewing thereby, that we should offer our best things to the Lord, and not the blind and the lame, and noting thereby also, the purity and perfection of Christ, Heb. 7. 26.
3. Oyle shall bee powred, and Incense put thereon,	Signifying, that with gladnesse▪ and delight our worship of the Lord should be, either in deuotion towards himselfe, or distribution towards his Saints: as also typing thereby that soft and louing kindnes, and sweet comfortable mediation of Christ for his Church, Heb. 7. 25.
4. It must be presented to the Priest, and he shall bring it to the Altar, verse 2.	Shaddowing that it is by Christ, and his oblation, that all our workes, and duties of Gods worship is onelyonly acceptable, he interceding for vsus, ibid.
5. It was a memoriall, that which burnt thereof, for a sweet sauour before the Lord,	Prefiguring, that euen so, Christ Iesus his death and merit thereof, should be an eternall memoriall before his Father, to be mercifull to vsus, Heb. 9. 24.
6. The meat-offering which was cooked and prepared, was baked, fryed, or sodden,	Shewing the painefull and manifold sufferings of Christ thereby: and how our worship of God should not be raw, or zeale-lesse, Reu. 3. 16.
7. It must be without Leuen, verse 3.	Prefiguring that our worship of GOD must be without malice of our neighbour: as also the perfect purity of Christs life and doctrine, 2. Cor. 5. 9.
8. It must hauehave no honey, which albeit it be sweet in taste, is bitter in effect, ingendring Choller, which also surfetteth the Eater of too much thereof, and being burnt, hath no good smell, verse 11.	Pointing out thereby vntounto vsus the nature of Christ, in whom there is no such sweetnesse as ingendreth bitternesse or hurt to any faithfull eater: Of whom also we can neuer receiue too much to surfet, and whose death and oblation smelleth most sweetly before God, and to eueryevery distressed conscience, He. 7.
9. All meat-offrings behooued to hauehave Salt, wherewith they were salted, verse 13.	Signifying thereby, that as salt seasoneth, and keepeth from corruption: so Christ, is he, who like sauourie salt seasoneth vsus and all our workes, and makes them acceptable, and that with the salt of sanctification in Christ wee should season all our worship of the Father, keeping our selues from the corruption of hypocrisie and wickednesse, Mar. 9. 49.
10. The meat-offering of the first fruits shal be eares of come, dryed by the fire, and wheate, beaten out of the Husks, verse 14.	Whereby was figured not onelyonly, that our worship of God (as is said) should be in sinceritie and zeale, going out of our selues, to lay hold on Christ: but also, what wrath Christ should suffer, and diuers paines for our sake, who is the first fruits of all flesh, by whom all the field of the whole race of mankinde, is truely sanctified, and perfectly by his oblation redeemed, Isa. 53. Heb. 9.
11. The Priest and his sonnes shall eate of the meat-offering in the Holy place, without Leauen,	Shewing that so the Lords Ministers, and their Families are to be maintained, and liue by their calling: as also, that Holy Priesthood of the godly, in the Church, enioy the benefit of Christ onelyonly, and there must feed vponupon him by faith in a purged conscience, 1. Cor. 9. 14. Ioh. 6.
12. EueryEvery meat-offering of the Priest shall be burnt altogether, it shall not bee eaten,	Whereby was shaddowed the perfection of that oblation made by Christ, wherin no part is left to man in that matter, by merit, or penall satisfaction, Heb. 7. 25.