Ch.7. Chr f's Priofthood. Hebrews. fware, and will not repent, Thou art apriefl for ever after the order of Melchifedec; ) 20, 21. And this Change God fweareth to, which wasnot done by . lararzs Priefhood : . which fheweth its Certainty and Immutability. 22. By fo much was Jefus made a furety of a better teftament. 22. Nate, t. The word here translated [ Tejtamentl fignih th, Gods Statute-Law, pro- pofed to us for our Covenant -C onfent and ©be- dience, and prami(ingg us Grace and Glory ; and fignifiech the fame thing as [the Law of Grace.] And not a meer abfolute Promife,without Pre- cepts, Condition or Penalty. 2. The word translated [Suretyl fignifieth an interceding Adminiftrator and Mediator, giving Man .Affurance of the Will ofGod (as Mofes did in delivering the Law) and contenting to re- ceive God's Termsand Promifes in the nature of Man, and to perform his own part and un- dertaking, for the gathering and glorifying hh Church thereby: but not that he undertook that all that he mediatedfor, fhould do all that is their duty. 23. And they truly were many priefts, becaufe they were not fuffe- 'red to continue, by reafon of death. 24. But this man, becaufe he Conti- nueth ever, lath an unchangeable priefthood. 23, 24. And fo the Levitical Priefhood was in manyfucceffrvely, becaufe they were mortal tut Chrift living for ever, is only one and the fame, and there is no other. .Note, Therefore Chrift bath no mortal Vicar, to be an univerfal High Prieft. 25. Wherefore he is able alfo to five them to the uttermoft, that come intoGod by him, feeing he ever liveth to make interceffion for them. 25. And this is the great Comfort of Belie- Vets, that he is able to five us in all Extremi- ties, even at Death, and to Eternity of Heffed- refs, teeing he ever liveth, byhis Interceffion, to finith his Caving Work for all that come by him to God. Friends die, and all Worldly Helps' may fail, bat Chrift will never die. 26. For fuch an high prieft became us, who is holy, harmltfs,undefiled,fe- parate from finners, and made higher than the heavens. 26. For our Condition requir'd fuch an high Prietowho is holy, free from doing ill, or fuffè- äiug anymore fromany Fueriics, clean from all sénof his own, and is Lparated front the core. ¡idea of fa:ful Man that dwells on Earth. 411.11111111114 ThefaultyCovenant. Ch. 8. 27. Who needeth-notdaily,asthofe high priefts, to fier up facrilce, firft for his own fi and then for the peo- ples: for t 's he did once, when he offered *himfelf. a c ho hadno fin ofhis own, as theHigh Priefs had; and therefore for his own fin he needed not to offer any Sacrifice, though hedid it to perfetd hisundertaken Werk for its. Nor needed he offer often for the fins of the peo- ple ; . fer his once offering up himfelf, was a fufficient Expiatory Sacrifice. 28. For the law maketh men high priefts, which have infirmity ; but the word of the oath, which was Pince the law, maketh the Son, who is confecra- ted for evermore. 28. For the Law had none to make High Prietos of, but mortal Sinners ; but theWord of the Oath, Pfal. tto. which was Circe the making of the Law, makeththe Son ofGod HighPrieft, who is holy, finlefs, immortal, and confecrated to anevetlattng Priefhood. CHAP.VIII. i. OW of the things which we. IN have fpoken, this is the fum we have fuch an high Fief}, who is fet on the. right hand of the throne of the majefty in the heavens: 2. A Mi- nh-ter of the fanftuary,and ofthe true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man. a. The fumof allthat's laid is this, We have fuch an High Prieto, who is advanced to the higheft honour and power inGlory,calïd God's Throne ofMajefty in the Heavens. As Man, a Minitier indeed, or the prints Adminiftracor ; but it is of the true and heavenly Saníluary and Tabernacle, not like that which was made by Man, but which the Lord hathmadefor the glorifying ofhimfelf in hisglorified Saints with Chrift, where we Shall in prefence worship him for ever. 3. For everyhigh priefi is ordained to offer gifts and facrifices : wherefore it is of neceflity that this man have fomewhat alto to offer. 3. And he were no High Prieft, if he had nothing as Gift or Sacrifice to offer. 4. For if he were onearth, he Mould not he a prieft, feeing that there are priefts that offer gifts according to the late. 4. Md if-he were on Earth, he fhould not, be
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