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The Gospel of the Daily-Service of the Law, Preached to Jew and Gentile, in an Explanation of That Grand Ritual
The Gospel of the DailyService of the Law Preached to Jew and Gentile in an Explanation of That Grand Ritual Author:Richard Clarke General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1767 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: Pftfr, -and Johnt in a more clofe rence to the legal Figures and Images. Now, no Words could be more explicit, both as to the Appointment of one Lamb, and as to the extent of Redemption by the Means of his moft precious Blood, than the prophetical Aftion and Rite of offering this Lamb without any Intermif- fion, through every Day of that Difpenfa- tion, to the End of all the Shadows which concluded in the great Year of Jubile. And this will be fufficient to mew the Reafon of one Lamb for the daily Oblation, and for the Food of Ifrael out of the perpetual Fire j from which the Lord did in a Figure re- prefcnt his Manner of nourishing his People by the Flefh and Blood of himfelf- As Fire is the Principle and Root of all Life, Motion and Senfation; as even the moft exalted Life of the Seraphim, or Angels of the Prefence of God, is denoted by an Hebrew Word which properly fignifi. es to burn: therefore the royal Prophet in /peaking of the moft excellent Beings about the Throne, explains the true Senfe of Seraphim ;... be (z) maketh bis Angels Spirits, C 3 even (z) Pf. civ. 4. H0b. i, 7. even his Mint/ten a Flame of Fire. Indeed in this Power, or Effence, the firft Motion,- the firft Wheel of Life and Senfation begins in all living Creatures: it is the Sun and Monarcb'm every thing that hath breath; it turns, it fliiaes, it warms and impregnates all Bodies, or Vehicles, all Garments or Vefiels, as long as thefe latter can endure its unwearied Operation, and felf- moving Adlivity. We (hall now, in the fecond Place, proceed to the Confideration of the Times of offering the Lamb, namely, in the Morning, an...« less