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g
g
on
the
Excellency
of Chriit.
hood of Chrift after the
order of
111e1chifedeck,
to the
end
that,we
might
bee the more fure of
fuch
a
wonderful
mer-
cy
ofGod to Mankind,
that
is
the
reafon
that
he
added
an
Oath
to the.Priefl
-hood
of Christ, becaufe
that
aymed
at
ligherthings than
the
Priefl
-hood of Aaron
did,
that
was
ban
external Prieft-hood,
but
this ayming
at fuch
high
things,
yea
that
Sacrifice
that
mull
.bee
tendered
up
to God
for,
a
full, attonernent
for
the
fin
of
Mankind, therefore
God-
confirmed this by
an
Oath
;
for beleevers
when
they
hear
filch
things
(
chofe
that
are weak
)
I but
Lord
(
think
they)
are
thefe
things
fo
?
is
it
poflible
that
God
should
have
fuch thoughts
of
Mankind,
to
work
fo
wonderful
for
mans
Salvation! therefore
faith
God, I
have
confirmed
this
by an
oath.
And
then
this
Priefl-hood of Chrift
is
a
Priefl-hood of
a
better covenant,
the
other
was
but
after
a
carnal
Commas-
dement
;
and
in.comparifon of
this it
was
but
an external
covenant,
-.
fo'
r
there
was
certainly
a
covenant of Works
be-
fides
that
of
Grace,
that
God did
renew with
the
people
of
lfrael,
even
when he gave the Law,
the Ceremonial
Law
did
not
only
typife
the
Covenant
of Grace
that
£houldbee
revealed hereaftet
more
fully,
but
it
was
annexed to
Me
Covenant of
.Works,
as
it
appears
plainly
in
the
Epiflle
to
the
Hebreweri
bütyet
Hill
I:.
fay
they had
a
Covenant
of
Grace tha,,t-w.s,oucht:dad1d
.,
the Ceremonial
Law
che-efore
Christ
is
faid
to
be
a
Mediator
of
a
better
Cove-
nant,
he
comes
to
deal between
God
and
Man
in
a.
better
Covenant than
was
before.
Andthenfurther,
the Prieft
-hood
of
Chrift
it
comes
to
ve
ha"more
efficacy
than
that of
Aaron
had, for it
prevails
to
the purging
of confcience, which
that could
nor doe.
And
it
bangs
the
Saints
into
.the
;Holy
of Holies,
and
that
with boldneflíe,
and
for
that
you
have a moil
excellent
S
ripcure of the
Saints being brought into the
Holy
of
Hohes
by the
Pries}
-hood
of Chrift,
in
the,
tenth to
the
Eebrews,
:I.b,
cQ.
I), Having
therefore
boldneffe''to enter into the holiefl
by the
bland
of
Jeftu,by
the
Sacrifice
chat this our Prieft
ha
of-
fered
h