402 A SIHORT VIEW OF SCRIPTURE HISTORY. the priest shallmake an atonementfor him before Me Lord, and it shall beforgiven him ? A. This trespass offeringwould set him right indeed in the sight of God as kingof the nation, against whose political laws the man had committed this trespass ; but it was never designed to free him from the guilt of this sin in the sight of God as the Lord of conscience, unless he repented of this sin in his heart, and trusted in the mercy of God so far as it was revealed in that day ; for it is a certain truth, that the blood of beasts cannot take away sin ; Heb. x. 4. SECT. I1. -Of the Holy Persons. Here the reader may take notice that several things men- tioned in this and the two following sections, viz. of holy per- sons, places and things, are described in figures, to give a plainer idea of them. 10. Q. Having finished the rites of purification, let us en- quire now what were the most remarkable things relating to their forms of public worship? A. These five, viz. holy per- sons, and holy places, holy things, holy times, and holy actions. 11. Q. What mean you by calling all these holy? A. I mean such persons, such places, such things, and such times and actions, as were devoted to God and his worship, or ap- pointed for special service ; Num. xvi. 5. Lev. xxi. 8. and xxii. 15. 12. Q. Who might be called the holy persons among the Jews or Israelites ? A. The priests and the Nazarites and all the Levites ; Lev. xxi. 1, 6. Num. vi. 2 -8. Num. viii. 14. though sometimes the whole nation arecalled holy ; Ex. xix. 6. 13. Q. Who were appointed to be priests ? A. First Aaron himself, and then the eldest of Aaron's family were appointed to be high-priests in succession, and the rest of his sons and their posterity were the priests, provided they had no blemish in their bodies ; Lev. xvi. 32. and xxi. 17. Ex. xix. 30. Num. iii. 3, 4, 10, 32. and iv. 16. and xvi. 40. and xx. 25, 26. 14. Q. How were they made priests ? A. They were so- lemnly separated at first to the priest's office by anointings and purifications, and sacrifices ; Lev. viii. 6-36. 15. Q. What was the business of the priests ? A. Their chief business was to offer sacrifices to the Lord, to burn incense before him in theholy place, to kindle the lamps, to do the higher services of the sanctuary, and to instruct the people ; Lev. i. 5, 7, 8. and ii. 2. Num. xvi. 40. Ex. xxx. 7. 16. Q. What was the office of the high priest? A. He was appointed to come nearer to God, even to enter into the most holy place, to do special services on the yearly day of atonement, to oversee all the public worship, and to judge among them in many civil matters as well as religious ; Acts xxiii. 4, 5. Lev. xvi. Num. iii. 4, 9. Deut. xvii.
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