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ace

the

Excellency?

ari)f.

:cQfYJecus

C

rrili

,

'Chrift

xs

wonderful

inn

thhat,

bee

zs

-a

great

ìlligir

Pfieft.In

H8b.4.a4. Chrifi

is,there

called

a Ci

-eíst'

Ii

,

rleg

,

Seeing then

that

wee

have

a

Great

H

O

Prieft

that it

raged

into

the

¿heavens;And

fo

iii

P

eb.7.

t

t.1

ar fisch an

high

,

?rsejibecïame

iu,

who

is holy,

harmiefc, undefiled,

feparate

frone

nners,

mzd

made

higher thanthe

I

eavens.A

great

-High

Prieft,

a

High,Priefi

madednigher

than the

lie

avens,this

isthe

:High

Prieitthat

a

e

have which

we

-atre

to

exercife

our

faith

upon.

x

Hee

harila

:a

Royal

Prieft

-hood , for

it

`'is

loyned

with

KiuglyPower,

and

therefore

Meichifedeekj was his

type.

flee

was:not

after

the Order of

Aaron, but

bee

was

after

the Order ofMelclufedetk,

becaufe

it

is

a

Royal

Prieft

-hood ,

and

do

the

Saints

are called aRoyal

Prieft-

hood

;

And.

M®lchifedeck;is`faid

to

bee

without Father

or

Mother

:

the meaning is,

Hee

was

not

fo as

hee

was

a

man,

for bee

had

rather

and Mother,

beginning and

end,

but in

his

typical

relationhee

was

fo ,

they

were concealed,

tory-

pifie,

that

Chrift, as.hee

was

than, hee'had

no

father,

and

ashee

was

God,

hee had

no

Mother

, and bee

had

no

be-

ginning

in

his

Prieftly

(Ace

,

it

was

from

everlafting, and

itAult

indure to everlafting.

Se

heels a

Prieft

for

ever

after

the

Drier

of Melchifedeck, and

not

after

the

Order of Aaron.

a

And in

the next place,

All

the

Priefts in

the

Law

did

typifie Chrift, and all did ceafe

in

him

;

certainly

heemuft

needs bee

a

great

'High

Prieft that

was

typified

by

them, and

in

whom

all

ceafed and

vanished

As

when

the

Sun arifes,

the

light

of the flats doth

no

moreappear;

there

was no

fur-

c.

Cher

Priefthood when Jefus

came and took that

Office

to

himfelf

in

his

humane

Nature

in

this

world.

3

But

further,

'Chrift

is

wonderful

in

his

Ptiefl

'hood

in

this, that hee

had no

need to

offer

for himfelf, as

others had;

for

hee

was blamelefs, and without

fin.

4

Yea, and

confider

What

Chrift

Offered

,

and

th

.re

you

(hall

fee him

wonderful;

the Offering

that

Chrift offered,

it

was

the

blood

of

God

Tray

,

it

vvas

that

that

'wee

mnay

call

Ffafely

according

to

Scripturelariguage,

the

blood

of

God;

and

chat.will

aotfeeinteybee

ahtard

exprerlion

,'

if

M

2

wee