TheTriegboodof (WO. +65 neither have, nor canhave any knowledge.Thefe things YE R S E 4. thus premifed, it will bee eafie for you to preoccupate .Lberfe obfervations, which grow betweene the Type and the Antitype, which therefore I will but curforily propofe. Note, firfi, that Chrifls Priefihood is Inch as did in- duce akingdome with it, for Melchifedelc was King of Salem,and Priell ofthe high God.] This, Saint Hie- roms and from him Ambrofe, report to have been meant by the order of Melchifedek, namely, Regale Sacerdoti. ton, that Chrifi was to be a Repel Prie.fl. By way of merit purchafing a kingdomeofhis Father and by way ofconquell recovering it to himfelfeout of hands of his enemies; this myflery was obfcurely intimated, in the marriages allowed between the regall and facerdo- tall tribes of !odaand Levi, which confufionwas in the other Tribes interdi6ed, as 1 have before obferved. Note,fecondly, that Chrift byoffering up himfelfe a Sacrifice untoGod, isbecome unto his people a King of Aighteouriefe, or the Lordour rtgliteoufneffe : in which fink he is called The Prince oflife, 411.3.1 5. that is, he hath all power given him as a Prince, to quicken, and to juflifie whom hee will, lob. 5.20, 21. And this comes from his Sacrifice and perfc& obedience to us imputed, and by us with faith implyed and apprehended ; for ha- ving fulfilled the righteoufneffe of the Law, and jufli- fied himfelfe by riling from the dead, he became, being thus madeperfeet, the Author of righteoufneffe and fal- vation to us, Heb.5.9. Wehad inus a wholekingdome of fin, and therefore requifite there wasin him that fhould juflifie us a14,igdosne of Grace, and righteoufneffe,That ou Poe raigneduntodeath, even fomight Grace through righteotoineferaigne ontoeternal/ life by lefwe Chrift our Lord,Rom.5.21. and therefore wee are faid to be jufh- fied by the righteoufneffe of god, Rom.3.21,22. that is, fucha righteoufneffe as is oursbygift andgrace, net by nature,
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