...more evident; for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariscth another priest, 16 Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life. 17 For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever, after the order of Melchisedec. 18 For there is verily...

...fleflily maunde" ment: but up vertu of lyf infolible, or, that may not be " undon" Ebrewis. cap. 7" Who is made not after the law of a carnal commandment, «' but after the power of an endlefs life." Modern. Verfe 16. " Forfothe wifdom that is fro aboue, firft fotheli it is chaft, "...

...Mofes fpake nothing concerning priefthood." Befides, fays the apoftle, our Lord " is made [prieft^ not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the po'wer of an endlefs life. For he teftifieth, Thou art a prieft forever, after the erder of MeLbifedec." But in...

...which attends Mr. Worcefter's explanation of the baptifm of Chrift, is, he Wtf/ not made a priejl afier the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an end/cfs life.* He not only pertained to another tribe, of ivhich no man gave attendance at the nltar,...

...far more evident ; for that after the similitude of Melchisedec, there ariseth another priest, who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment ; but after the power of an endless life." Christ was indeed priest, as well as prophet, and king. These three characters were combined in him,...

...from a sense of the unsuitableness of such an use to this divine economy, which, like its author, " is made not after the law of a carnal ** commandment, but after the power of an endless life." I may add, it must have sprung from a conviction that such an application might mislead the unwary...

...royal tribe of Judah, out of which none ever descended that served at the Altar of God. VII. 1 6 Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life. Who is made a High Priest, not by virtue of a command or institution, which stands upon a fleshly succession;...

...superior to it in dignity. Thus after the similitude (f Melchizedec, there ariseth another priest, who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life. For it appears by the apostle's reasoning, that this Melchizedec was no human person ; inasmuch as...

...wa» to spring up from Judah, is very plain from the prophecies concerning his dcVOL. y. 19 16 Who is made not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life. 17 For he testificth, Thou art a priest for ever, after the order of Mclchizedec. 18 For there is verily...

...legal commandment and an endless life. Christ is not after the former, but after the latter: "a priest, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life." This distinction, Sir, is necessary : for, though it be a truth, that " he who saith, I know him, and...