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Rh as one continued figure, or allegory. We are informed, that there is another Iſrael of God; other children of Abraham, and heirs of the promiſe; another Egypt, from the bondage of which they are redeemed; another wilderneſs, through which they journey; other dangers and difficulties, which there await them; other bread from heaven, for their ſupport; and another rock, to ſupply them with living water; other enemies to overcome; another land of Canaan, and another Jeruſalem, which they are to obtain, and to poſſeſs for ever. The provocations and puniſhments, captivities and reſtorations of old Iſrael afterwards, “happened unto them for examples,” types, or figures, of what ſhould take place with reſpect to thoſe who were to enjoy all the external privileges of the people of God, in New Teſtament times; “and they are written for our admonition”

W is ſaid in the Pſalms, occaſionally, of the ceremonies, ſacrifices, waſhings, and purifications, appointed by the law; of the tabernacle and temple, with the ſervices therein performed; and of the Aaronical prieſthood; all this, the believers of the truth ſhould transfer to the ſacrifice of Chriſt; to juſtification by his blood, and ſanctification by his Spirit; to the true tabernacle, or temple, not made with hands; to what was therein done for the ſalvation of men, by him who was, in one reſpect, a