P R I E S T . 3tß prieftly and princely Offices, the Prophet was direfted to make Crowns, and to Pet them upon theHead of Jollua (or Jefus; for this Man bore the Name as well as the Office of Chri/t), whowas the High Prieft at that time, and to fay to him; Thus fpeaketb JEHOVAH SABAOTH, Paying, Behold the Man whofe Name is the BRANCH, and he(hall grow up out of his place, and he(ball build the Temple of JEHOVAH ; even he (hall build the Temple of JEHOVAH, and he jball bear the GLORY, and (hall fit and rule upon his Throne, and hefhall be a PRIEST upon his Throne, and the Counfel ofPeace(hall be between themboth.* In perfeft Harmony with the Voice of the Prophet is the Language of theApoftle to theHebrews : We havefuch an HighPrieft (fays he) who is Pet on the Right Hand of the Majelly in the Heavens ; a Mintier of the Sanctuary and of the true Tabernacle, which the Lordpitched and not Man. j- In both thefe Texts, the Temple or true Tabernacle, which Cbriji is faid to build, and of which he (hall be the MinOer and High Prieft, is the Redeemed of the LORD, by whom they are fitly framed and budded together, and for whom they are appointed as an Habitation, through the Spirit. t The Apoftle alto notes, what muff not be omitted, as it contains Matter of the higheft Comfort, that Chrf was not confecrated as an ordinary High Prieft, by human Inveffiture, but with an Oath, and that the Oath of Jehovah; for which reafon, he was a Surety, and a Surety of a better Tefament. § All, therefore, which this High Prieft was appointed to perform, for the Sal- vation of GOD's People, fhall be fully and acceptably performed. Jehovah hath fworn ; and it came to pafs, according to his Oath. As an Evidence of it, Jefus cried, It is fined, when he gave up the Ghoft ; and as a Proof of his flbility, in being the Surety of his Redeemed, he rote by his own Power from the Dead. * Zech. vi. Ia, 13, fi Heb. viii. I, z. Eph, i. 23. and ii. zr, zä. § Heb. vii. 22, and
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