The works of the Reverend and learned John Lightfoot D. D., late Master of Katherine Hall in Cambridge such as were, and such as never before were printed : in two volumes : with the authors life and large and useful tables to each volume : also three maps : one of the temple drawn by the author himself, the others of Jervsalem and the Holy Land drawn according to the author's chorography, with a description collected out of his writings.

CHAP. XXVII. Of the Passover. (Book 27)

THE Passover was a full representation of Christs passion: though to the Jews the Passover was more than a meer shadow. To run through the parts of it might be more than copious: A word and away.

At the Passover the beginning of the Year is changed. So. At Christs Passover the beginning of the Week is changed.

The Passover was either of a Lamb, to signifie Christs innocency, or of a Kid, to sig∣nifie his likeness to sinful Flesh: as Lyranus.

The Lamb, or Kid was taken up and kept four days, to see whether he were spotless: and (it may be) to scoure and cleanse himself from his Grass.

The Passover slain at Even. So CHRIST slain at Even.

His Blood to be sprinkled with a bunch of Hysop. So CHRISTS Blood sprinkled: And of this I think David may be under∣stood, Psal. 51. Cleanse me with Hysop. That is, besprinkle me with the Blood of the true Paschal Lamb Jesus Christ.

He was to be roasted with Fire. So So Christ tried with Fire of Affliction.

These parts were to be roasted.

• His Head
• His Legs
• His Inward parts.

So was CHRIST Tortured

• His Head with Thorns.
• His Hands and Feet with Nails.
• His Inwards, with a Spear.

Their Eating of him, as it concerned the Israelites in their estate, so may it instruct Christians for the eating of the true Passover, the Lords Supper.

The Pass∣over Ea∣ten

• Without Leaven
• With bitter Herbs
• With Loins girt
• With Feet shod
• With Staff in Hand
• In Haste.

So the Sa∣crament of the Supper to be Eaten

• Without Leaven of Malice.
• With bitter Repentance.
• With resolution of Amendment.
• With preparation to walk Better.
• Leaning on the Staff of true Faith.
• Hasting to leave this worldly Egypt.

Thus was the Passover first Eaten in Egypt: after which all Egypt is struck, with death of the First Born, and the Egyptians are now punished with death of their Children for murthering Israels Children. This night was ill to them, but the night in the Read Sea was worse.

At the Death of a Lamb

• Egypt is Destroyed
• Israel Delivered.

So by the Death of a Lamb

• Hell is Destroyed.
• Mankind Delivered.

When Israel comes out of Egypt, they bring up with them Josephs bones, and so as he brought them down thither, so they bring him up thence.

So when Christ comes up out of his Grave, he brings dead bones with him, by raising some out of their Graves: I cannot think it idle, that the Passover was at night, and that S. Paul saith, The Israelites were Baptized in the Sea, which was also by night, and

in the cloud: but to shew that these Sacraments of Israel looked for a dawning when the true light, which they foresignified should appear.

The Jews do find thirteen precepts Negative and Affirmative about the keeping of the Passover.

1.	The slaying of it.	Exod. 12. 6.
2.	The eating of it.	8.
3.	Not to eat it raw or boiled.	9.
4.	Not to leave ought of it.	10.
5.	The putting away of leaven.	15.
6.	The eating of unleavened bread.	18.
7.	That leaven be not found with them.	19.
8.	Not to eat ought mixt with leaven.	20.
9.	An Apostate Jew not to eat it.	43.
10.	A stranger not to eat it.	45.
11.	Not to bring forth the flesh of it.	46.
12.	Not to break a bone of it.	46.
13.	No uncircumcised to eat of it.	48.

How variously they Comment upon these as they do upon all things, and how over∣curious they be in observing these as they do all things, their writings do witness. Their folding of their bitter herbs, their three unleavened cakes, their water, and salt, their searching for leaven, their casting forth of leaven, and their cursing of leaven, their Graces over their tables, their Prayers over their hands as they wash them, their Words over their unleavened bread, their remembring how they lived in Egypt, and came out, their words over their bitter herbs, their Passover Psalms the 113. & 114. all these and their other Ceremonies are set down accurately in their Common Prayer Book, which I would not have denied to the Reader in English, both for his recreation, satisfaction, and some instruction, but that I know not whether I should actum agere: do that which some one hath done before. And besides I write these things not as 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 but 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, not set stu∣dies, but stoln hours, employing my idle hours to the writing of these studies, that I may witness to some, that my whole time is not idle. But it may be I may seem more idle in thus writing, than if I had been idle indeed: to them that think thus, I can only answer; It is youth: Age may do better.