Again, that typical representation does not _necessarily imply, the throwing a thing into shade, and secreting it from vulgar knowledge_, is plain from hence.――Baptism, and bread and wine in the sacrament, are merely corporeal types and figures of spiritual things; but if it was _necessarily essential_ to typical representation, _to throw things into shade, and secrete them from vulgar knowledge_, it would follow, that these two sacraments could have no other end, but to cast the spiritual things of the gospel into shade, and secrete them from vulgar knowledge. Type, figure, and human language, with regard to spiritual things, have the same kind of imperfection, though not in the same _degree_; but yet teaching and informing, is the design of both of them. Of the Mosaic types therefore it may justly be affirmed, that they were so far from _designedly_ hiding, or covering any truths from man, that their whole intent was, to _uncover_, and make _less hidden_ such things as at that time, could not be seen, or known as they were in themselves.――Nothing could possibly manifest the nature, power, and efficacy of Christ’s process (the one thing typified) but its own real nature, come into _actual existence in all its parts_.――Therefore through every age of the world, from the first promise made to _Adam_, of _a seed of the woman to bruise the head of the serpent_, to that time, all the religious goodness of mankind consisted in their _walking before God_ in an _implicit faith_ of a full redemption, made known to them under representation of a seed of the woman, overcoming the mischief that the serpent had done to them. And through this _faith alone_ it was, that all the holy men of old had their righteousness, and peace, and union with God. And _God was not ashamed to be called their God, inasmuch as having received the promises, and seen them afar off, and embraced them, they confessed they were strangers and pilgrims on earth, desired a heavenly country, and through faith, looked for a city whose builder and maker is God_. Hence are the following great truths undeniably evident, (1.) That _faith in Christ_, has always been, and always must be, the _only_ ground of salvation possible to man, in any age of the world. (2.) That _this faith_ itself, and all its power and efficacy, has always, as fully proceeded from Christ alone, as the faith of those who believed in him, when come in the flesh. For as then Christ truly said of himself, _without me ye can do nothing_, so it was equally true of the first promised seed of the woman, _that without it_, nothing good could have been done by fallen man.