altar] Understand hereby Christs divine Nature, whereby his flesh or humane nature was sanctified and qualified, to be a sufficient sacrifice to make atonement for the sinnes of the whole world, and this was typified by the legall Altar which sanctified the gifts that were offered upon it. Matthew 23:19. Or Christ may be called our Altar, because we must offer up our prayers and thanksgivings unto God by him. See v. 15. Revelation 6:9. & Revelation 8:3. Or understand by Altar the sacrifice offered upon it; that is, the flesh or humane nature of Christ, which is the true food of the soule. Joh. 6. eat] That is, to be partakers of. See 1 Corinthians 10:16-18. serve] Which still stubbornly observe the Leviticall ceremonies. Such cut themselves off from the Communion of Christ. Galatians 5:3.