And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil.
The oil is called holy from its effect: without the Spirit of God, nothing is sanctified and all that we possess remains corrupt. Now that Christ has come, the substance itself, these shadows have vanished; there is no place for them in the Church. The Papacy's anointing of priests and altars in imitation of the Jews is mere silliness, since the Apostles themselves gave the Holy Ghost by laying on of hands, not by chrism.
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God Himself appointed the spices and their quantities because nothing comes to Him but what comes from Him; the oil was compounded with exact art, infused, strained, and left sweetly fragrant for the tent and all its furniture, and for consecrating the priests in their generations.
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Commenting on Exodus 30:22-38
The spices bruised and mixed together, boiled and distilled into oil, made a liquid for sacred use alone. This ointment signifies the Holy Spirit and His graces, that oil of gladness with which Christ and His people are anointed; though Christ received it without measure, His people receive a certain proportion suited to their calling and holiness.
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