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venant to which it is related, which was nct only the Law of Na- ture. ſerving Ged as Creator, but the Law of Grace as he was Re- GC 11 wn, who with the Patriarchs Worſhipped God by, - as believed in a Chriſt tocome. r Not only of another Tribe than Aaron, but of a different Order from his, 1s conſtituted, manifeſted, and be- ginneth the Exerciſe of his Oitice with the Abolition of Aaron's,
16 Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment:s, bur after the power of an endleſs life 7.
s The Goſpel-Hizh-Piieft the Lord Jeſus Chriſt, was not conſti- tuted, nor contecrated aſter that Order and Rule of God, which did Hind the Aaronical Prieftliood, and regulate 1t as to their Conſe- crations and Miniltrations, obliging them by annexed temporal Pro- miſcs and Comminations, which could not reach an immortal Soul. The Moſaical Rights and Ceremonies were bodily, fleſhly, only ex- ternal. He was not made a Prieſt by Legal purifying with Water, nor anointed with Oyl, nor ſprinkled with Blood, nor cloathed with Prieitly Garments, as Aaron and his Order was, Exod. chap. 35. and 40. 13, 14, 15, 31, 32. nor initiated with ſacrifices of Bulls, Goats, gc. He was not to miniſter in a Tabernacle or Temple as they did, which was carnal, and reached only the Fleſh, could not explate 13ns, nor procure ſpiritual and eternal Bleſſings, Heb. 9. 1, to I1, 12, 1%, 19, to 27. # But was conſtituted and conſecra- ted by God according to his powerful Law. He was anointed with the Holy Ghoſt and Power, A&s 10, 38. which mighty influence cnabled him to execute his Office effefually for ſaving Sinners ; and by it he receiveth Life peculiar to his Prieſthood, oppoſed to the dead Letter of the Commandment, by which, and under which, Souls periſhed by multitudes. But this 'High-Prieſt hath by this Law, life in himſelf, and the beſt of life to give out to thoſe who wait on his Miniſtry, John 5. 21, 24, '25, 256. and ſuch life as is ind:jſlub/e, oppotite to carnal and bodily, which corrupts and pe- riſzeth ; but the powerful life of this Prieſt 1s not to be deſtroyed, neither in himſelt, nor his People. - He by his Death and Life makes eternal Erpiation, and procureth eternal Bleflings for them ; ſee ver. 25, and chap. 9. 11, 12, 28.
17 For he teſtifierh zz, Thou art a prieſt for ever,
after the order of Melchiſedec tv.
u This is proved by infallible Teſtimony in Pſal. 110. 4. God the Father Fimfelf folemnly declared him to be ſo before the Angels in Heaven, and revealed it to Men on Earth -by the Prophet David. w That as elchiſedec had no end of Days Recorded, fo this is re- peated again to prove, that the Prieſt after his fimilitude, i.e. after his Ordcr (the words beinz here Synonimcus) muſt continue for ever. Cirift was not a temporary Prieft by a carnal Law, but was made a Prieſt for ever, with everlaſting power endowed to ſave all his peop!e ; ſee wer. 24, 25,28. and Matth. 1. 21,
15 ror there 1s verily a diſannulling of the com- KmMent g0ing before x, for * the weakneſs and un- wontablenets thereof y.
x The Spirit having proved the diſannulling of the 4aronical Prieft ior 1ts ImperſcRtion, procceds to prove the Aboliſhins of the L:wv. Or Covenunt annexed to 1t, ike it for weakneſs and unprofita- 2nels 5 45mm 15 a d1placing, depoſing or laying it aſide, as to its Lnding force, 12 as there is no Obligation from it on 20y as to Obe-
ver. 22, inſinuating by how much the Cauſe conſtituting or confirm- ing an Office of Prieſthood ws more excellent, by ſo much the Efett and Othce muſt excel, receiving greater Power for ſome more ex- cellent end. This - #x4eac001z 1s as mucn as a double Oath, Xm 1; o/avuer oprev, By the ſwearing of an Oath by God the Father was the Goſpel-High-Prieft conſtituted an eternal one after Melchiſedec's Or- der; and it addeth ſo much the. more ſtrengih- and glory to the Sanion. This 1s teſtified by David, Pſal. 110. 4 The Levitical Prieſts were made by a Divine Deſignation, and with external Rites were conſecrated ; but Chriſt was conſtituted a Prieſt by Oath, as our Tranſlators well ſupply it out of the following Verſe,
21 (For thoſe prieſts were made + withour an oath 4 : but this with an oath, by him that ſaid unto him, the Lord ſware e, and will not repent, thou a7 a9
prieſt for ever after-the order of Melchiſedec.)
d Thoſe Prieſts of Aaron's Order were ſele&ted, inſtituted, con- ſecrated without any Oath mentioned by Moſes, who did all exacily as the Lord commanded him, Exod. 40. 16. God gave only com- mand for it, and made their Prieſthood but a temporary and pat- ſing Honour and Office, which he might alter when he would: e But he or eſis, was made a Prieſt after Melchiſedec's Order, by an Oath of God his Father, ſpeaking to him, as is Recorded by Dai, P/al. 110.4. The Lord Fehwah the Father, ſware unto his Son the Lord Meſah, lifting his Hand, and ſaying, I live for ever, Deut. 32- 40. when he aſcended and fate down on the Right-Hand of thc Majeſty in the Heavens, ſolemnly by this Oath ratifying and con- firming him in this Office, and that he would not repent, 1. &. change, or alter, or retra& what he ſwore to him, there being no need of any other, he ſo effetually performing the work of it, that all that God beſtows upon his by him, are Gifts not to be repented of, even eternal Life and Salvation. That which the Oath ratified, was, That Chriſt ſhould be God's only and eternal Prieſt, who was to have no ſhare with him in the Prieſthood, and no end of it ; taking away from himſelf by Oath any Power to make Chriſt no Priett, or take away his Office at will and pleaſure, as he did Aaron's ; here- by honouring his Son, and highly gratifying Sinners by giving them ſuch a Royal High-Prieſt, who ſhould effeftually manage all their Concernments with him for ever.