Moses Unveiled, Type 2 – Type 9
Isaac, Gen. 21.
| 1. ISaac, or Iitschac, laughter or reioysing. | So is Christ true matter of ioyfull laughter and reioicing to all the faithfull, Isai. 61. 10. |
| 2. Isaac, the sonne of the Father of the faithfull, Gen. 17. 19. | So is Christ the onelyonly naturall Sonne of God, on whom all the faithfull call Abba Father, Mat. 3. 17. Rom. 8. |
| 3. Isaac against the course of nature born of the dead wombe of old Sarah, Ge. 21. 3. | So was Christ borne of the inuiolate wombe of a chaste Virgin, Mat. 1. 23. as all those that are his likewise, are borne not of bloud, nor of the will of flesh, nor of man, but of God, Ioh. 1. 13. |
| 4. Isaac the seed of Promise made vntounto Abraham, and borne in his old age at the time appointed, Gen. 18. 14. | So is Christ the same most properly, in whom all the Nations of the earth are blessed: Borne in the fulnesse of time decreed. |
| 5. An Angell announceth the Birth of the one in Sarahs hearing, who thinks it impossible, Ge. 18. 12. | So an Angell doth our Sauiours Birth in Maries, who likewise saith, How shall this be? Luk. 1. 34. |
| 6. Isaac was circumcised the eight day, and in his infancie persecuted by Ismael, Gal. 4. 29. | So likewise was Christ, Luke 2. and immediately thereafter persecuted by Herod, Mat. 2. |
| 7. Isaac willingly yeeldeth himselfe to be a burnt-offering to the Lord, Gen. 22. | Euen so did Christ, in laying downe his life for satisfying his Fathers iustice, Ioh. 16. 28. |
| 8. Isaac carried the wood whereon hee was bound, to Moriah, verse 6. | So did Christ the Crosse whereon he was nayled, to Golgotha, Ioh. 19. |
| 9. Thus Isaac was obedient to his Father euen vntounto 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 onelyonly got the heritage to him and his: and Ismael with others the moueables, Gen. 25. 5, 6. | So hath Christ the heauenly inheritance onelyonly 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 vntounto him, Gen. 24. | So is the Church by the true Pastors, and brought vntounto Christ, dispensatione Verbi, Cant. 1. 7. |
| 16. Shee forsaketh all, and vailed, commeth to her Husband, adorned with his Iewels that were giuen vntounto her, Gen. 24. 65. | So must the Church forsake all, in preferment of affection; and in humilitie deckt with his graces, must come vntounto 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 louelove 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 vponupon 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 vnderunder 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 foreign, motherlesse, and as man foreign, 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 th…, 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 giuegive his body and bloud for the refreshment of the faithfull receiuers, which once already himselfe offered vp as an all-sufficient sacrifice vponupon the Crosse, neu… 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 onelyonly before or vnderunder the Law. | So is Christ that one onelyonly Priest of his order vnderunder the Gospell, to offer vp propitiatorie sacrifice vntounto the Father, needing no successors therein, seeing he is immortall, and is consecrated for euermore, Heb. 7. 24, 28. |
The Disparitie.
MElchisedech was man onelyonly, and consequently sinfull: but our High-Priest is God and Man, sinlesse, and therefore needed not to offer for himselfe. Againe, Melchisedechs Priesthood was not confirmed with an oath vntounto him, as was Christs, as is said, and the reason giuen. Melchisedech also …ad Christ succeeding to him in the same order: but Christ shall hauehave none vntounto, or after him: hee gaue bodily refreshment onelyonly to Abraham and his Family: but Christ giues both corporall and spirituall to his Elect.