blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold, the blood of the covenant, which the Lord hath made with you, concerning all these words."

Secondly. I will speak of what followed upon this; the glory of the Lord was seen by Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders; and this will open these words, "Then went up Moses and Aaron, Nadab aud Abibu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and they saw the God of Israel, and there was under his feet, as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in its clearness."

Thirdly. This was a proof of Jehovah's grace and acceptance of them, and the sacrificial transaction; it was altogether a merciful display of the divine majesty. This will explain these words, "And upon the nobles of the children of Israel, he laid not his hands; also they saw God, and did eat and drink.”

I am, in the first place, to speak of the con firmation of this Sinai covenant, which was by the blood-shedding and death of the sacrifices, with the sprinkling of blood upon the people: in relation to which, our text says, "And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant which the Lord hath made with you, concerning all these words," The form and order of this

solemn transaction was as follows: the law of God was written by Moses in a book; an altar was built, twelve pillars were erected; Moses, Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy elders, stood before the Lord. The book contained the words of the covenant; the altar prefigured, Christ; the twelve pillars represented the twelve tribes of Israel. The first born of Israel by the command of Moses, officiated as priests; they slew burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, which were offered upon the altar: Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons, and half of it he sprinkled on the altar, which was expressive of Christ's blood, sacrifice, and death, as the true propitiation for sin, and that its everlasting virtue and efficacy arose from his eternal deity, which sanctified his humanity. This done, Moses took the book, and read it: the people in their own persons, or by their representatives, assented to all contained in it. Then he took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, "Behold the blood of the covenant, which the Lord hath made with you, concerning all these words." Thus the covenant was confirmed.

I may here observe, that as the first declaration of the everlasting covenant, which obtained between the eternal Three, in the one incomprehensible Jehovah, before the world was, when made known to Adam immediately upon the fall, in the promise, that the seed of the woman

were typical of Christ, "the first-born among many brethren." Their laws were peculiarly suited to answer the Lord's end and design upon them. Their ordinances, high priests, sacrifices, services, festivals, kings, and prophets, with the order of nazariteship, with all enjoined them, fully proved that they were separated unto the Lord, in a peculiar way and manner, for him in due season to bring forth the Messiah, who was to be "a light to lighten the gentiles, and the glory of his people Israel."

We are informed, verse 3. "And Moses came, and told all the words of the Lord, and all the judgments; and all the people answered with one voice, and said, all the words which the Lord hath said, will we do." Ver. 4. "And Moses wrote all the words of the Lord, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars according to the twelve tribes of Israel." Ver. 5. "And he sent young men of the first-born of Israel, which offered burnt-offerings, and sacrificed peace-offerings of oxen, unto the Lord." These young men were the first-born of Israel, which were priests, and offered sacrifices, until the levites were taken in, instead of the first-born of Israel, see Numb. iii, 41. Ver. 6. " And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons, and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar." Ver. 7. "And he took the book of the covenant, and read it in

the audience of the people, and they said, All that the Lord hath said, will we do, and be obedient." Thus a solemn covenant, union, andcommunion between God and the people took place.

The seventy elders were answerable to the seventy souls of Israel, that came out of Canaan, with Jacob, into Egypt; and to the seventy, that afterwards made the grand senate of the commonwealth of Israel: and thus I am brought to my text, which reads thus, "And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the Lord hath made with you, concerning all these words. Then went up Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel: and they saw the God of Israel; and there was under his feet, as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in its clearness. And upon the nobles of the children of Israel, he laid not his hands; also they saw God, and did eat and drink.” I will endeavour to explain and set before you, what is contained in these words, under the three following heads, or particular sections.

First. I will speak of the confirmation of this Sinai covenant, which was by the bloodshedding and death of sacrifices, with the sprinkling of blood upon the people. This will cast light on these words, "And Moses took the

should bruise the serpent's head, was accompa nied with the sacrifices of slain beasts, as memorials of the blood-shedding, sacrifice, and death of Christ, the skins of which the Lord God clothed our fallen parents with; and as this same covenant when revealed and repeated to Abraham, Gen. xv. 18. was confirmed by sacrifices, so this most solemn covenant, between God and the Israelites, which was a shadow and symbol of the same covenant of the Trinity, on behalf of the elect church, chosen in Christ, before the world was, is confirmed by sacrifices; and the blood of them is here called, the blood of the covenant, "Behold, (says Moses) the blood of the covenant, which the Lord hath made with you, concerning all these words."

This blood sprinkled by Moses, and which he stiles the blood of the covenant, was typical of the blood of Christ, which was to be shed for the confirmation of the everlasting covenant, whereby the elect were to be purified from sin. I conceive these words have reference to this transaction, "Gather my saints together unto me, those that have made á covenant with me by sacrifice," Psalm 1. 5. It referred this whole transaction, in its spiritual and ultimate design, to shadow forth the covenant of grace, by the blood and sacrifice of the promised seed. God is represented by Jeremiah, as so highly pleased with Christ's engagements, to be the surety of

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