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 this, prieſtly, office of his is divided into two parts, and becauſe one of them, to wit this of his interceſſion is to be accompliſhed for us within the veil; therefore as we ſay among men out-of ſight out-of mind, he is too much, as to this, forgotten by us We ſatisfy ourſelves with the ſlaying of the ſacrifice; we look not enough after our Aaron, as he goes into the holieſt, there to ſprinkle the mercy ſeat with blood upon our account.

God forbid that the leaſt ſyllable of what (ſay. ſhould be intended by me or conſtrued by others, as if I ſought to diminiſh the price paid by Chriſt for our redemption in this world. But ſince his dying is hi laying down his price, and his interceſſion the urging and managing the worthineſs of it in the preſence of God againſt Satan there is glory to be found therein, and we ſhould look after him into the holy place. The ſecond part of the work of the high prieſts under the law had great glory, and ſanctity put upon it; for as much as the holy garments were provided for him to officiate in within the veil: alſo it was there that the altar ſtood, on which e offered incenſe Alſo, there was the mercy-ſeat and the cherubims of glory which were figures of the angels that love to be continually looking and prying into the management. Of this ſecond part of the prieſthood of Chriſt in the preſence of God. For altho themſelves are not the perſons ſo immediately concerned herein as we, yet the management of it, I ſay, with ſo much grace, and glory, and wiſdom, and effectualneſs that it is a heaven to the angels o ſee it! O to enjoy the odorous ſcent and sweet memorial, the heart refreſhing perfumes that