Moses and Aaron, Table of contents
A Table of the Contents of this Treatise.
I. THe Introduction: containing five Propositions of the Church, Salvation, Covenant of grace, Christ, and the ancient Ceremonies, p. 1
Five reasons for those Ceremonies, 2
Grace in the new Testament specially, how, 3
Ceremonies called shadowes for four reasons, ibid.
Threefold use of them to the Jewes, 4
Gods wisdome in appointing them: three wayes, ibid.
II. The Treatise: shewing Christ prefigured by holy persons and things, 5
I.
Adam a type of Christ in creation, office, soveraignty, conjugation, propagation, 6
The Ministery reverend for antiquitie. 8
Antiquity of the doctrine of free grace, ibid.
Seek life by Christs death, 8
Get into Christ the second Adam, as thou art surely of the first. Motives, ibid.
II.
Noah a type for salvation, righteousnesse, preaching, Ark, repairing the world, sacrifice of rest, and a dove sent out of the Ark. 9
Preserve integrity in the worst times. 13
Sinnes which are signes of judgement approaching. ibid.
Comfort to be had in Christ our Noah, 14
III.
Melchizedek a type in Etym…logi…, office, originall, excellency of person, and Priesthood, 15, 16, 17
Christ greater than Abraham, 18
Comfort by Christ our Melchizedek, ibid.
We are blessed by our Melchizedek, 19
By our Melchizedek the Church abides for ever. ibid.
Excellency of Christs Priesthood above the Leviticall eight wayes. 20
Sin not to be accounted slight, whose sacrifice is so costly. 21
IV.
Isaac a type in birth, suffering, offering, escape, marriage. ibid.
A pattern of obedience in 5. things. ib.
How Christ doth meet his Church. 25
Two Rules. 26
A type of our resurrection. 27
Matter of sweet consolation. 28
Look for help, though the case be desperate. ibid.
V.
Joseph a type in his person, actions, …ssions, advancement. 29
No newes for good men to be hated for their excellency. 32
All sufferings of the godly come of God: ordained and ordered. 33
Comfort by Christ our Joseph: four wayes. 34
Doe to Christ as Joseph's brethren to him. 35
VI.
Moses a type in person, estate, office, … suffering, sundry actions. ib.
Our doctrine is of God. 40
Be faithfull in doing thy office. ibid.
Shew faith in the fruit of it: contrary to four sorts of men. 41
Assurance of our resurrection. ibid.
VII.
Joshua a type in saving, calling, miracles, valour, actions. 42
A fearfull thing to be an enemy of the Church. 45
Comfort in our salvation accomplished. ibid.
Duties we owe to Christ our Joshua. 46
Conditions to be observed in going to heaven. Six. ibid.
VIII.
Sampson a type in person, condition, actions, sufferings, stratagems, victories. 48
Judge none by outward calamities. 51
Strange meanes used by God for the Churches good. 52
Our victory stands in patience and passion. ibid.
Fourfold comfort to Gods people. 53
In Gods cause contemn greatest perill, and prepare for death approaching. 54
IX.
David a type in person, vocation, wars, kingdome, office, Propheticall and Priestly. 55
Enter upon no office without assistance of the Spirit. A note of it. 61
Christ the true King of the Church. Nine wayes more excellent than David. 62
How God brings his servants to honour. 65
Church ever pestered with home-bred enemies. 66
Comfort to the Church in 3. things. ib.
X.
Salomon a type in person, condition, peace-making, wisdome, glory, temple, justice. 68
Duties to Christ our Salomon: two. 73
Fourfold comfort in our Salomon. 74
XI.
Jonah a type in name, office, death, buriall, resurrection. 75
Repent at the Ministery of Christs servants. 77 Motives. ibid.
Vocation of the Gentiles. 78
Our resurrection assured to us. 79
Power and wisdome of God to be admired. ibid.
Terror of sinne, even in Gods own children: and comfort. 80
XII.
The First-born types: as Gods peculiar, fathers of the family, preferred before brethren, double portion. 82
Every mercy is the greater engagement unto God. 85
Honour Christ as the first-born of God: and how. ibid.
Threefold comfort in the birthright. 86
Forfeit not the birthright by sin. 87
Resemble Christ our elder brother. 88
XIII.
Priests types: in deputation to office, and execution: choice, consecration, apparell: actions. 88
A cover for us in Christ for all deformities of soul and body. 90
Qualities requisite in Ministers. ib.
Eminency of Christ above all creatures. 93
Ministers must increase their gifts. 94
Duties of private believers. ibid.
Three sacrifices. ibid.
No perfection but onelyonly in Christ. 96
Sin unpardoned, all service is abominable. 97
Wash and purge all with the bloud of Christ. 99 Notes of it. 100
Effects of being so washed and purged. 101
Priests garments common, and peculiar to the High Priest. 102
Seven uses thereof for Ministers. 112
Three uses for the people. Twofold instruction. 115
Comfort to the godly, in respect of their head and themselves. 117
Believers highly esteemed, as precious stones. 119
Sin to slight them. ibid.
Temperance of Ministers. 122
Marriage. ibid.
Mourning for the dead. 125
Ministers duty. 130
Private Christians duty, as Priests to God. 131
XIV.
Nazarites types: as set apart for God, abstemious, nourishing the hair, not to touch the dead, and released of their vow. 133
Christ and his excellency to be acknowledged: and power, wherein. 137
Difference of the Nazarites vow, and Papists. 138
Be Nazarites unto God: in five things. 139
XV.
Clean Persons types: three sorts of legall uncleannesse. 141
Meats and unclean, how, and why. ib.
Two markes. ibid.
Issues unclean, corporal and spiritual. 144
Leprosie of body, and of sin. 146
Signes. ibid.
Church and members subject to many defilements. 149
Look narrowly on the misery of sin. ib.
Good fruit thereof. 150
Miserable effects of inward uncleannesse. 152
Washing legall, and of Christs bloud. 153
Smallest sinnes to be put away. 154
And how. 155
Offering purgeth the unclean: so of Christ, typified. 156
There is a way to cleanse every uncleannesse. 160
Have recourse to the meanes. 161
Motives. ibid.
Be very carefull to avoid spirituall uncleannesse. 162
Oblation of Birds. 163
Comfort to the godly. 166
Affect purity of heart and life. Motives. 167 Directions. 169
Avoid all occasions of defilement. ib.
No easie matter to be rid of sin. 174
Separate between the precious and the vile: who must. 175
Christ discernes the leprosie of sin. 176
OnelyOnly they are cleansed from sin, whom Christ accounts so to be. 177
Markes of one cleansed from sin. ibid.
What is to be done before this cure. 178
And what afterward. 179
XVI.
Holy things types of Christ. 180
Use of legall Ceremonies. 181
Their fitnesse to the Jews nature. ib.
Ends. ibid.
Sacraments and Sacrifices distinguished. 183
Sacraments ordinary and extraordinary. 184
Circumcision described in parts. 185
A sign of Christ, and seal of righteousnesse, how. 186
Be humbled for naturall corruption. 188
And imperfection of grace. 189
Be circumcised spiritually. ibid.
What it is. ib. Notes. 191
Mortification, if right, is painful. 192
Motives to get the spiritual circumcision. 194
XVII.
Passeover a type in the choice, preparation, effusion of bloud, eating, fruits. 195
Christ a Lamb: and his perfection. 196
Christ two wayes set apart to be a Mediator. 198
The time of his ministery and passion ordered. 199
Christ must dye a violent death: time of it. 200
Jewes division of the day into four parts. 201
How Christ is to be conceived and received. ibid.
In all worship look to Christ. 202
The pretiousnesse of Christs bloud. 203
Applied. 204
Faith resembled by hyssope, how. ib.
Christs bloud to be highly prized. 205
Precious things procured by it. ibid.
Profane not the bloud of Christ. 206
How. 207
Feeding on the Lamb, and Christ: five conditions. 208
Danger of the soul: and how it is to be avoided. 213
Directions for receiving the holy Communion. 214
Similitude of purging out leaven and sin. 216
Entire purging of the soul. 217
Whole Christ must be received. 219
And how. ibid.
Popish abuses taxed, about the Lords Supper. ibid.
XVIII.
Pillar of Cloud and Fire a type of Christ. 221
How. 223
Four constant miracles to, Israel in the wildernesse. 224
Comfort by Christ as our guide. 226
In seven things. ibid.
Confidence and security by Christ. 228
Notes of them that receive comfort by this Pillar. 230
And how this comfort is to be esteemed. 231
Mercy and Justice met in this type. ib.
Follow Christ as a guide. 232
And how. 233
XIX.
The Red Sea a type. 234
In three conclusions. ibid.
Miracles in the miraculous dividing of the Sea. ibid.
Benefits sealed up by Baptisme: four. 237
Observe the power of God. 238
The way to heaven filled with difficulties: and why. 239
Many comforts by that great work of God. ibid.
Duty of them that will enjoy these comforts. 241
XX.
Manna a type of Christ. 242
Matters of resemblance. ibid.
Why Manna putrified, if reserved. 247
Christ infinitely better than Manna. 248
Gods patience and love to be noted. 250
How it should work in us. ibid.
Gods watchfulnesse and care over his Church, to be noted. 251
Comfort thereby, and instances. 252
Gods bounty towards his Church, to be noted. 253
His wisdome in ministring to his Church, to be noted. 254
Manna, why given daily, yet not on the Sabbath. ibid.
Moderation in naturall things. 255
And what is Gods measure. 256
Man of himself is senselesse of the things of Jesus Christ. ibid.
Whence this comes. ibid.
And of what use. 257
Hunger and thirst for Christ: motives. 258
Take pains for him: motives. 259
Observe times and places to meet with Christ. 260
Apply and feed on Christ. 261
And how. ibid.
Be never weary of this Manna. ib.
Motives. 262
Prize and magnifie this Manna. ib.
XXI.
Water out of the Rock a type of Christ. 263
In three respects. ibid.
Christ resembled by a Rock: and waters. 264
Christ ever present with his Church. 269
Our duty. ibid.
An almighty power in Christ for his Church. 270
Our duty. ibid.
Gods mercy to his people admirable. ib.
See the fountain of grace opened: and its superexcellency. 271
Thirst for Christ: and conditions of it. 272
Continue it: two rules. ibid.
Have re…rse to Christ in this thirst: motives. 273
Quench thy thirst, and be satisfied. ib.
Motives. 274
Meanes to get water out of this Rock: hindrances: helpes. ibid.
XXII.
The Brazen Serpent a type of Christ. 275
Gods justice here to be noted, and equity of it. 276
Of fiery Serpents, and the old Serpent the devill. 278
Temptations called fiery darts, why. 279
Observations about sin, deceit, folly, poyson, danger of loving it, ibid.
God appoints the meanes of health to soul and body. 280
A brazen Serpent, not golden: five reasons. 281
Christ lifted up before us, how. 282
Application of Christ a saving remedy, far most excellent, ibid.
God helps his people by weak, unlikely, and contrary meanes: and why. 284
Grounds for faith in these troubles of the Churches. 286
Kingdome of Antichrist, how fit for destruction. ibid.
The eye of faith must shut the eye of reason. 287
Four things cannot otherwise be obtained. ibid.
Believe the Word absolutely. 291
Pray for eye-salve: and what it is. 292
Captivate thine own reason and wisdome. ibid.
Motives. 293
Mans reason, the mother of heresies. 294
Naturall reason, an enemy to the power of godlinesse. 296
What is to be done to be cured spiritually. 298
Wounds of sinne compared to deadly poyson: in four things. ibid
Come for counsel to spiritual Physitians. ibid.
Who reproved. 299
Confess special sins: and go wholly out of thy self and all other. 300
Look onelyonly unto Christ: and that two wayes. 302
How this looking cures us: by faith: and how by faith. 303
Markes of one cured by looking to Christ. 304
Four qualities of the eye that lookes to him. ibid.
Motives to look up to our Serpent. 306
Use of comfort, in five particulars. 307
In this Treatise are two things.
1 The Introduction. chap. 1. where
1 Propositions concerning the Church of God.
2 Reasons of the ancient Ceremonies.
2 The Treatise it self, c 2. where
1 Christ is figured in holy persons.
1 Singular: eleven. cap. 2.-12.
2 Rankes, and orders of men.
separated and sanctified
1 By birth: the First-born, c. 13.
2 By office: the Priests, c. 14
Deputation.
Execution.
3 By vow: the Nazarites, c. 15
4 By ceremony: Clean persons, c. 16.
2 He is figured in holy things: c. 17.
1 Ordinary Sacraments,
1 Circumcision, c. 18
2 Passeover, c. 19.
2 Extraordinary: answerable to
1 Circumcision, & Baptism: 2
1 Pillar of Cloud & Fire, c. 2
2 Red Sea: c. 21.
2 Passover and Lords Supper, 2.
1 Manna frō heavē c. 22
2 Water out of the Rock, c. 23
Adde hereunto the Brazen Serpent, c. 24.
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JOHN 14. 6.
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