BEFORE CHRIST which sanctify you, 1490. holy. h Gen. 38. 24. h am thy seed in their г 1490. offer the || bread of his God. ch. 10. 3. [18 For whatsoever man Numb 16.5. 9 And the daughter let him not approach to of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: he be that hath a blemish, ch. 3. 11. she shall be burnt with fire.] he shall not approach: a 10 And he that is the blind man, or a lame, or he ch. 8. 12. & high priest among his that hath a flat nose, or brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, i Exod. 29. 29, 30. 16. 32 Numb. 35.25. ch. 16. 32. 1 ch. 10. 6. i any thing superfluous, handed, *Exod. 28. 2. and that is consecrated to brokenfooted, or broken- • ch. 22. 23. slender. 20 Or crookbackt, or || a | Or, foo dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath 'Deut. 23. 1. his stones broken ;] t 12 Neither shall he go blemish of the seed of Aaron out of the sanctuary, nor the priest shall come nigh profane the sanctuary of to "offer the offerings of ver. 6. his God; for the crown the LORD made by fire: he ch. 8. 9, 12, of the anointing oil of his hath a blemish; he shall upon him: I am the 15 Neither shall he pro- that he profane not my ver. 12. fane his seed among his sanctuaries: for I the LORD people for I the LORD do sanctify them. do sanctify him.] 24 And Moses told it 16 And the LORD unto Aaron, and to his spake unto Moses, saying, sons, and unto all the chil17 Speak unto Aaron, dren of Israel. saying, Whosoever he be of LEVITICUS XXII. [1 And the LORD spake to his sons, that they a seunto Moses, saying, parate themselves from the 2 Speak unto Aaron and holy things of the children a Numb. 6. 3. BEFORE CHRIST 1490. ch. 18. 21. < Exod. 28. 38. Numb. 18. 32. Deut. 15. 19. d ch. 7. 20. b BEFORE CHRIST of Israel, and that they 9 They shall therefore LORD. 43. 22, 32. 21.6. 3 Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed 10 P There shall no P See 1 Sam. among your generations, stranger eat of the holy that goeth unto the holy thing: a sojourner of the things, which the children priest, or an hired servant, of Israel hallow unto the shall not eat of the holy LORD, having his unclean- thing. of his money. ness upon him, that soul 11 But if the priest buy ch. 15. 2. leper, or hatha † running + Heb. running of the reins. f ch. 14. 2. & 15. 13. g Numb. 19. 11, 22. issue; he shall not eat of ter also be married unto 11, 13. a stranger. the holy things, until he ta stranger, she may not + Heb. a man 5 Or whosoever touch- and is returned unto her Gen. 38. 11. eth any creeping thing, father's house, as in her ch. 10. 14. whereby he may be made youth, she shall eat of her Numb, 18. unclean, or ka man whom he may take unclean- shall no stranger eat thereness, whatsoever unclean- of. ness he hath; [14 ¶ And if a man eat 'ch. 5. 15, 16. 6 The soul which hath of the holy thing unwittouched any such shall be tingly, then he shall put unclean until even, and the fifth part thereof unto shall not eat of the holy it, and shall give it unto ch. 15. 5. things, unless he wash his the priest with the holy Hebr. 10. 22. flesh with water. thing. 15 And they shall not Numb. 18. profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD; 16 Or suffer them to Or, lade 8 That which dieth of bear the iniquity of tresch. 17. 15. itself, or is torn with beasts, pass, when they eat their he shall not eat to defile holy things: for I the LORD himself therewith: I am do sanctify them. the LORD. 17 ¶ And the LORD " Exod. 22. 31. Ezek. 44. 31. with the iniof their pass in eating. * ver. 9. BEFORE 10. Numb. 15. 14. BEFORE CHRIST 1490. a Numb. 15. 15, 16. CHRIST Spake unto Moses, say- is bruised, or crushed, or ch. 1. 3. a Deut. 15. 21. & 17. 1. Mal. 1. 8, 14. 1 Pet. 1. 19. b ch. 3. 1, 6. ch. 7. 16. Numb. 15. 3, 8. 23. Deut. 23. 21, 65. 1. Eccles. 5. 4, 5. Or, goats. d ver. 20. 19 Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats. 20 a But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you.] 28 And whether it be cow or | ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day. 29 And when ye will 21 And whosoever of 30 On the same day it n 22 Blind, or broken, or shall be eaten up; ye shall Mal. 1. 8. maimed, or having a wen, leave none of it until the or scurvy, or scabbed, ye morrow: I am the LORD. shall not offer these unto 31 Therefore shall ye ch. 1. 9, 13. the LORD, nor make an keep my commandments, offering by fire of them and do them: I am the Deut. 4. 40. upon the altar unto the LORD. LORD. & 3. 3, 5. || Or, kid. e Numb. 15. 40. 32 P Neither shall ye P ch. 18. 21. profane my holy name; but Matt. 6. 9. 23 Either a bullock or a 24 Ye shall not offer to be your God: I am the unto the LORD that which LORD.] ch. 20. 8. PRAYER. LET US PRAY, that we learn from the perfection and spirituality of the law of God, the purity and the holiness which God demands of His people, as the priests who offer themselves, their souls and bodies, as living sacrifices unto God; that the knowledge of our own unworthiness lead us to Christ, the great High Priest without sin, and to Christ the true Sacrifice, without spot or blemish; that we so believe, and hope, and love the Saviour and Redeemer of man, that we become more and more perfect in thought, motive, will, and affection, as the sacrificers of ourselves; and more and more perfect also in action and conduct, as the living sacrifices to God. ALMIGHTY GOD, Father of the spirits of all flesh, who hast implanted in these our bodies of humiliation and corruption, of infirmity and disease, a fallen, yet immortal soul, which is capable of immortal communion with Thee in another and better world; pardon the insensibility of these our sinful souls to the present means of grace, to the hope of future glory, and to all the inestimable privileges which Thou hast promised to them who fear and love Thy holy Name. O give us a deeper sense of Thy great mercy, and of our own unworthiness. We thank Thee for the knowledge of the perfection of Thy law, that we may understand what Thou requirest of us in thought, word, and deed. We thank Thee for the knowledge of the spirituality of Thy law, that we may understand the holiness of affection and motive, of desire and will, which Thine all-seeing eye demands of those who would attain to the kingdom of God. O send Thy Holy Spirit into our hearts, that we may examine and compare the demands of Thy perfect law with the imperfect and miserable obedience we pay to Thee; and so convince us of our wretchedness, and our sinfulness, that we never presume to come before Thee, "trusting in our own righteousness, but in Thy manifold and great mercies." In heart and soul, in word and deed, in thought and action, from the days of our youth to the years of our age, we have deeply and presumptuously sinned against Thee; and we have no hope of attaining to the privileges of acceptance and communion with Thee, but in that way which our reason could not have discovered, which our exceeding corruption has not merited, but which Thy wisdom alone has imparted in pity and compassion to the children of men. Thou hast commanded us to sacrifice to Thee, as our reasonable service, ourselves, our souls and bodies. We pray for Thy grace to enable us to obey Thy blessed will. We know and feel their unfitness to be Thy sacrifices; but we approach in the name of Him, Thy Son our Lord. May the remembrance of the plague of our own hearts, the consciousness of our actual transgressions, and the still remaining hope of the accomplishment of Thy promised mercy, enable us by Thy grace to approach to the throne of Thy glory. In His Name we pray, who came forth from Thee, to take our nature upon Him, and to be touched with the feeling of our infirmities—to be tempted like unto us, yet to obey Thy law in its perfection and spirituality-to be without sinand then to return to Thee, to live with Thee for ever. God, we thank Thee, that where Jesus Christ is, there He inviteth us to be. There, O Lord God, may we, sinful and unworthy as we are, for ever, ever be! In the name of Christ, as the great High Priest, who offereth up the prayers of His people, we pray Thee for present peace, the pledge and earnest of future glory. In the name of Christ, as the one only Sacrifice, spotless, blameless, innocent, the fulfiller of Thy holy, Thy perfect, Thy spiritual law, we approach to Thee for the pardon of our sins, and the removal of our infirmities and corruptions. We pray Thee for the fulfilment of all Thy promises. We have no hope but in Him; 66 neither is there present salvation from the power of evil, neither is there future salvation from the consequences of evil, in any other. Pour forth, we beseech Thee, the power of Thy Holy Spirit on our hearts, that we may more and more, from henceforth, devote ourselves, in heart, in will, and affection, in spirit, and in life, to Thy glory, and to the work of our own salvation. Enable us to obey in spirit and in truth the commands which Thou didst give to Thy priests, in the law of Thy servant Moses. Never may the living soul within us be defiled by the corruption and the folly of the spiritually dead. So pour forth the anointing oil of Thy Holy Spirit upon our heads-so clothe ourselves with the robes of the righteousness which Christ, the great High Priest, assumes before Thee-that the thoughts and the imaginations, which are merely of the earth, earthy, may not absorb the minds of those whose conversation should be in heaven. Let not the habits and customs of a sinful world be to us as the spots on the white robe of our glory, the stains on the garments of righteousness and salvation. May we ever live before Thee as the priests, who are honoured with Thy commands, that they go not forth from the presence and from the sanctuary of their God. So make us free from evil, that our lives be consistent with our knowledge, our resolutions, and our prayers. Take away from us all the vain and foolish compliances with the world, which proceed from a wavering mind, and an irresolute heart; and which render us the spots and the blemishes of the Church of Christ. Sanctify us wholly both in body and soul. May the tongue love to speak of Thee; may the ear love to hear of Thee; may the heart love to dwell in Thee; may the head love to think of Thee. So may we offer to Thee, ourselves, our souls and bodies, the reasonable, holy, and living sacrifice to God. We give ourselves to God-to the Father who pardons us, to Christ the brother, who redeems us, to the Holy Spirit who sanctifies, and enables us now, even now, to receive in our pardoned souls the earnest of that inheritance, which Christ has died to restore to us. So may we prove to the world-to our friends-to our neighbours, that our knowledge is not useless, that our faith is not in vain, that our hope is founded upon the Rock of ages. As the hart panteth for the water brooks, so long our souls for the inward perfection, which Thy holy law has commanded; and for the immortal and sinless blessedness which Thy holy Gospel has promised. O guide us through life to death, and after that receive us to Thy glory. We ask all in the Name, and for the sake, of Jesus Christ, our only Lord and Saviour; and in His words we call upon Thee, as Our Father, &c. The grace of our Lord, &c. |
