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le true lamb of Gedythat taketh <maj the fins of the 
’^orld : thefe lambs were to be facrificed, i. e. all 
upid and dull affeilions were to be call away, and 
riven againft, which they obferved to be in the 
heep, as Origen well obferveth on that place : but 
ehave fpoken more at large of this in the Chap. 
f the Ctfwff/, out of the learned GaUtinus, 
5. (jMatt. 25. 32. ChriB placeth his people at 
is right hand, and compared! them to Sheepy be- 
jufe of that wonderful meeknefs which they have 
:arned of ChriB ; or elfe it may lignifie to us, 
lat as the Sheep is wonderful patient of injuries, 
* likewife all good men have been alwaies very 
;ady to fuffer all calumnies and reproaches for 
fer/^s yea, even death it felf: but enough of 
lefe.. Ifliallnow fpeak a little to that notable 
ace where we find mention m.ade of the Pafchal 
amby which is called, in the New Teftament, the 
ambof God which was fiainfrom the beginning of 
e World. 
I. The Pafchal Lamb which ufed to be eaten at 
e Pafsover, is a fit Sjmbole of the body and blood 
■ Chrijiy with which we are fed at his holy taUe j 
lid doubtlefs, it didalfo fignifie unto us, that In- 
»cence,Patience and Meeknefs that was in Chrifii 
r the whole life and death of C hrlfi was one con- 
lued example of humility and patience ; and 
5 death was of great advantage to us, in whofe 
mth was found no gullei & he truly might be faid 
bear our infirmitlesyviho was throughly tri’d in all 
ings ; the death of Chrifi: was not only reprc- 
!ted unto us by the Pafchal Lamb , but thofe ve<- 
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