Leviticus 8

REFLECTIONS UPON CHAP. VIII.—Behold how exactly every thing in Jesus Christ, and his gospel-church, answers to the purposes of God, declared in the promises and predictions of his word! Before angels and men he is called to, prepared for, and solemnly set apart to, his Mediatorial work! Holy, harmless, and undefiled, he steps forth, vested by his Father in a marvellous manhood and Mediatorial function. Anointed with the Holy Ghost above measure, sanctified by his own blood, and made perfect through suffering, he himself and his Father rejoice in his office and his execution of it. And the tabernacle of his body the church, and all instituted ordinances, are, together with him, consecrated to the service of God by his oblation, blood, and Spirit. Let ministers of the gospel learn with what solemn and deliberate preparation they ought to enter on their work. Let every saint observe what solemn washing in the fountain opened for sin and for uncleanness, what putting on of the Lord Jesus, what sprinkling of his blood and Spirit, what feasting on his flesh as meat indeed, what self-dedication, what mortification of inward lusts during their whole week of life, are necessary to prepare them for their sacerdotal service in the house eternal in the heavens!