) 34 VE S E 4. Comintenicabant inter fe re tatri bus at. Sacerdo tal proyterea q',o Chrlftws Dobliwo fecun- dumr Harry Rexfisturits era, Szcet acs. Theotioret. weft. inNUM, g4.5L. a saterdas Ec- fice habetttis r ut Nieron To.3. iib oft ilium age ex illis Gen- tibia qae'Pabe- Itinamincole- bant.Theadoret. Aue.s7i,6, in Genet: b yid. caraub. inSutton, An- . Rex Antkm,Rex idem kiemintma Thai,c,i1Saar- I des, Virgil, I mead. Chefs rieflhoodconfirmed the Daughter ofKing , hborane, Chron.2 2.r r. And Aaron of the Tribeof Levi tooke Ellfbeba the Daughter ofArtonitiadab, whowas attic tribeofIuda, Exod.6. z2. Mem& z .7. In vvhith refped 1 fuppofe Mary and Elizabeth theWife of Zachato the Priefl are called Coufins Lank. T.36. In the Law indeed thefe twoOf- fices were ditlinot. Our Lord, faith the Apofile,fprang out of the Tribe of luda , of whichTribe Moles fpake nothingconcerning Prieflhood, He6.7.r4. And there- fore when KingVzziah incroached on thePriefis Of- fice 3 hee was fmicten with a Leprofic , 2 Chron.26./ 8, 21. But amongfi the Gentiles (a amongfl whomMel- chizedek is thought to have beene a Prieff, ) it b was ufuali for the fame perfon to have been both King and Prieff. The words contain the Doarine of Chats Neil- hood. The 94/ity °fir , Eternall. The Order, not of eAaron , but ofMelchizedek. The foondation Ofboth, Gods immutable decreeand counfill; hee cannot repent ofir, becaufe hee hath confirmed it by anOath. I fhall handle the words in the Order as they lie. TheLord bath fworose] Here two things are to bee enquired : Firft, howGod is Paid to fvveare ? Secondly, why bee fwears in this particular cafe ofChrifts Prien- hood ? The former of thee the refolves in one word, ibelv oper.y Mb.6.17. Hee interpofed in or by anoath , namely himfelfe, for that is to bee fupplied out ofthe thirteenthverfe, where it is laid that her)(ware by himielfe. So elfewhere it is laid that hefwareby theexcel, lenc ofiamb, thatis,byhirnielfe, /hoot 8.7.6.8. By my felektve Ifirorne , faith theLord, that inbit:fling I will blefk thee, en.2.1.16.Tht meaning is,that God fhould dcnie h ich bee cannot doe,z Tio.2.13.) and fhould azfe to bee God , if the word which flee huh fvornc fbouldnot come to palle.So that till:all forrne,as leve,is to be underitood,let menot be efteemed a living God,
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