Chap.t. Se<l.5. JLootting unto jJefui. Book IV. 5P of himfclf and of his blood into the holy of holies,or in the huven of heavens; where he appears and prays in the force of that blood; and thts was fo necdfary _a part of ' f his Prie!l-hood, that without this he had not been a compleat P~te!l, for if he w<re Heb. 8. 4, on earth bejho,.ldnot be • Prie(!; that is, if he lbould hue made hts abnde upon the earth; he fhould not have been a cornpleat or perfc~ Prictl, feting this part of it (which we .all the prefentation •. or inrercdlion) lay !lill upon lmu to be aLied m heaven. And indeed thts part of htS PneH-hvod ts of the two the more emment; yea, the rop and height of his pridl-hood; and therefore it is held forth to us in the Types of both thofe t"'o orders of Priell.hood that were before hi'_l', and Figures of h 1 m berh that of A.ron and Melchizedech. 1. This was Typihod in that Levitical 'pridl-hood of fi,.ron and his tdlows; the highd\ ferviceof char office wes the going into the holy of ho!i<S, and making an attonemcnt there; yea, this "'as the height of the high Prieft's honour, that he did this alone, and itcoullituted the difference betwixt him as he was high Priefl, and oth~r Prte!ls; for th~y killed aAd offered the Sacrdices without as well as he, but only the high Prieft was to approach the holy of holies with blood, and that bur once a year. z. This was Typified by Melcbizedecb's Priefi· hood, which the Apollle argues to have been much more ex· cellent then that ol ,A;ron's, in a>muchasLevi, A4rons Father,payed Tythes rothis Melchizedecb in AhrabamJ loyAs; nowMelchizedtch was his Type1 not fo much in re• fpe~ of his Oblation, or offering Sa<rifice, as in refpe& of hiscontinualprefentati· on •nd intercdlion in heaven ; and therefore the fame claufe, for ever, llill comes in w hen Melchizedech is named, thou art aPri•ft for ever after tee order •f Melchideth. Heb. S· o. H,re then is the agreement betwtxt ChtJfi and the htgh Pt~efis of old; m refpefr--7• 17• of name, ,both were Pridls, and in refpe~ of Office, both had their oblations, and prcfentaiions, or inlercdlions with God in Glory. . · 3 . In the point of lnterodlion they agreed in thefe particulars.--- 1, The high Priells of old, ufually once a year, went into themof\ Holy place within the vail; and fo is Chrift eur great high Prieft palfed into the Heavens with– in the Vail, even into the holy of holies. Cbrift by bw own blood tHtred in once in· 10 the holy place---Not into tbe holy places m•de with bands, which are the Fi- Heb. 9.r 2,24. gures of the true, but im• heaven it {<If, now to appe4r in the pre{tnee of God for Ill• - 2 , The high Pricfts of oloi ha'd a plate of pure Gold upon their Fore-heads; which was to bear the inigu!ly of the holy things, that th!)l might be accepted before the Lord; Exod. 2 8. ;8. and fo doth Chrlll bear the iniquity of our holy things. Spiritual Chriflians! here is yourcomfort, you arc not able to perform any duty to God, but there is a great deal ol fin in 1he fame ; you cannot hear, nor pray, nor confer, nor meditate with· out much fir~ ; but Chrill: bears all thefe fins, even the iniquity of your holy things, ann he pxefen.s ypur perfom and prayers without the lea([ fpot to his Fathor, he is the Ang<l of tbe Covenant that fr#nds .<t the ..Altar, having •geldenCfltjer with mt<cb Rev 8, incenfe 1 to offer it with the prayers ofbH Saints, and fo they arc acceptable before the ' 3 ' Lord. 3· The 'fewi(h high Pridls, boar the names •f the childwt of Ifrael on a bmftplate of judgment "fOil tiJ<ir hearts for 4 memorial before the Lord continuaUy; and E od 8 fo doth Chrift our.great high Prieft bear the names of his people upon his htart be- " ' 2 ' 29 ' fore the Lord continually. But how is Chrift faid to beu the names of the Saints upo11 his heart? I anfwer.-- I, Continually, in prefenting ofthem to his Father as they ue in him: how is that? why, he rtprefents them without fpot, as rir,htcous in his t>Wn righteoufnefs; Chri(! Ephef. S• •7· J_· eJ the Church, that be might pre[ent it to his Father, and in him to hinrfelf, •gloTlO>:S Umrch, not htn~ing [pot, or wri•k.!e, or Any fi<ch tbiltg, butthat it fhould be holy ;md without blemijh, ' ,_, In this continual r<membring of them: the rigbteaHJ fhall he h•d in co11tinual remembr.Hce; this is the fouls comfort in a time of defcrtron, or in an evil day • Pfal. u2. o. if any cry out as fometirnes Daviddid, how long ,.i/tthoH forget me Lord? for ever? p[; 1 how long wilt thou hide thy fa<~ frommt? Let fuch a one remember ih<t Chrift's rea' ' 3 ' r. deemed ones are upon his hearr, and he <an not forget them. BNt Zion faid, the'ira. 4o. 1 4,IS· Lord bath for[aken me, and my Lord bath forgot WC me • Oh nu ! . can a woma11 forget x6. her fi•k.Ji~tg c~ild, that jhe f/mtld not have compaf!ion 'on the fon of her womb ? yea, tbty may forget, y<t I wW not forg<t thet, behold I bve gravm I he< upon the palmr Lll if
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