Chapter 893 of 1261

Section 894

Section 894

III. As to the composition thereof, and the different manner of dressing this meat-offering

It was to he made of fine flour, made of wheat, beaten out of the husk, and ground: it was to he mingled with oil, kneaded, baked in an oven, fried in pans, or parched by the fire. Now all this may he an emblem of the dolorous sorrows and sufferings of our Lord Jesus Christ; who was wounded for our transgressions, and bruised for our iniquities; who bore the fire of divine wrath, who was the atoning sacrifice for our Sins, and who is the proper food of our faith.

And as it may be applied to the people of God, it may denote, not only their separation from others, but the trials and exercises they meet with, which are sometimes called fiery trials. But I must hasten to consider,

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