ThePriejlhoodof Chrift. . .........*, poswom.....wreemma. places onlyofthe whole Old Teflament , and inboth very briefly ; the firfl in the Hifloryof retur- ningfrom the (laughter ofthe Kings,when illelchifedek, being the Priefl ofthe mofl high God , brought forth bread and wine,and bleffedhim,Gen.14. 18, 19,20. and the other in this place. And for thismice the things con- cerning him, and his Order are AciPParotice, hard to bee 101- derfted,Heb.5.1 I. It was fo then, and fo it would bee flill, ifS.Paid had not cleered the difficulties,and (hew- ed wherin the Type and the Antitype did fully anfwere; whichhee bath largelydone inHeb.7. For underflanding and cleerino the particulars which areherein confiderable , here are Tomequeflions which offer themfelves.Fir fi,vvho Alekhifedek was?Secondly, what is meant by -,4,r, his Order? Thirdly, whyQuill was tobee a Priefl after his Order,and not after Astons? Fourthly, why hee brought forth bread and wine ?" Fifthly, what kinde of blefling it was with whichbee bleffederlbrahareSixthly, in what manner he received Tithes ? Laffly , inwhat fink hee was without Father, andwithout Mother,without beginningofdayes,orend oflife Firfl, for Mdchiredek,who hee was,muchbathbeen Paidby manymen, and with much confidence. a Some hereticks of old affirmed that bee was the Hqy Chen. b Others that hee was an Angell. c Others that hee was Sem theSonne ofNoah. d Others that hee wasa Cana- anite , extraordinarily railedupby God tobe a Priefl.of theGentiles. e Others that hee was Chrtfl himfelfe,ma- nifell by a fpeciall difpenfation and priviledge unto A- braham in the flefb, who is Paid to have Peen his day,and tejoyced,/42.8.56. Difference alto there is about Salem, the placeofwhich hee was King. Some take it for lertk- fakm,as* lofephus, and molt of theancients. Others for a citie inthe halfe tribe ofiliotnale , withinthe River i Iordan, where Hierom reports that foute minesofthe palace +61 VER S E 4. Timid. Cameron. Qte,efl.inHe br. a apudHieron. Epift.T0.3. Epifia 36.6. Epiphan. lib. a. theref.%c. bOrigcn. apud Hieranym. cri.ebnei apt' Epipbane. ear Hieron. d Tertull. contr. ludeeosauJiin. epipban.Paregs in Gen. c .62uiaam apud epipban, nuper arm de Re- pub. Hebron% cap.3. vie!. co. qua, in Aug. de civ. 'pet lib.i6. tapas.. Antiq. bb.a. cap 11.
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