Christs Cross, Part 4
THE FOVRTH PART.
Which containeth the Types, Figures, Allegories, ſimiles and ſuch like of the old Testament, or propheſies of the Prophets.
AS out of Adams ſleeping, is a Rib taken, & thereof Evah is made, ſo out of the celeſtial or ſecond Adam, that is, Chriſt ſleeping on the Croſſe, and making himſelfe to be as it were, nothing (in his Paſſion) and death, was the church framed, and made his Spowſe, Eph. 5.
Abel both in name and deed is deſpiſed, who notwithſtanding is iuſt and innocent, hee is caried forth into the field, and is ſlaine of his brother Caine, Gen. 4. brethren Christ became a very worme, for vsus, and is ſlaine of his Iſaac being ready to bee offered of his Father, is a Type, and figure of Ieſus Chriſt, Gen. 22.
Ioſeph is not borne of foule Laea, but of faire Rachel, which word ſignifieth labours, and wearines, Chriſt is not borne of the Gentiles, but of the Iews, Eſay, 11. of the ſtocke of Ieſſe, Mich. 3. in Bethlehem where Rachel was buried Ioh. 4. and Bethlehem ſignifieth the houſe of bread.
Ioſeph is ſent forth to ſeeke out his brethren, to refreſh thē, and recover thē againe to his father: Chriſt is ſent from the father vntounto mankinde, which was loſt to ſeeke it, and reconcile it vntounto God.
Ioſeph is diveſted of his Pall, and ſtately coate & caſt it into the Ceſterne, Christ is dealt withal and handled, as a man bereaved of al divine glory, forſaken of God, and as one in whom there was no grace or goodnes, he is apprehended, &c. Ioſeph is ſold of the Iſmaelites, and is lead into Egypt, when as his brethren thought him quite caſt away. Christ is ſold and put away of the Iewes, given to the Gentiles, and to the people whoſe king and Saviour he becommeth when as the Iewes thought him to be of no reputation, Ioſeph is with lies accuſed of his impudent miſtreſſe, and is caſt into priſon; Chriſt is falſely accuſed of the Iews & heretiques, crucified and throwne into the graue, guiltleſſe Ioſeph lieth in priſon betweene two guilty offenders, a butler & baker, of whom the one is ſlaine, the other is ſaved; innocent Chriſt, is condemned between two theeues, of whom the one, on the right hand is ſaved the other condemned, Ioſeph freed out of priſon is honoured; Chriſt eſcaping out of perils and dangers is crowned with honour and glory, Iacob and Ioſeph, do come togither againe, reviving in ſpirit, and there is one folde, and one houſe of the Iewes and the Egyptians; Chriſt & the beleeuers at the day of iudgement, ſhall all meete togither, and out of al Nations there ſhalbe one people in Chriſt for ever. The flaying of the paſcall lambe, Exod. 12. was a Type, and figure of Chriſt, as it is writtē Ioh. 1. Behold the Lambe of God which taketh away the ſins of the world, the vnleavened bread, doth ſignifie purity ſincerity of the doctrine and life Evangelicall, the ſacrifices of ſins and offences, Lev. 14. were Types & figures of the true pacifying ſacrifice as, Heb. 5. The quicke Goate, that was ſpent and bearing the iniquities of the children of Iſrael, Levit. 16. is Christ made the ſlaughter for our ſins. A red Cow without ſpot, Num. 16. is offered vp for our ſins, Chriſt is the Red Cow, being for the weaknes of Nature, taken in the ſtate of humiliation, without ſin, cleanſeth vsus, by his bloud from all ſins, as the brazen Serpent lifted vp vpō a poale, Num. 21. healeth thoſe that are bitten with Serpents, Ioh. 3. ſo Chriſt the ſon of man muſt be lift vp to aſcend into heaven, to heale the ſins of the whole world, Ionah lying three daies in the whales belly, is a Type and figure of Chriſt dying, buried, and riſing againe the third day.
FINIS.