...yet far 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,...

...concerning priesthood. And it is yet far more evident ; for that after the similitude of Melchisedec, there ariseth another priest, who is made, not after...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...

...the 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;...

...than the priesthood of the law in time, and superior to it in dignity. Thus after the similitude (f Melchizedec, there ariseth another priest, who is...order, that its priesthood should be unchangeable^ and eternal. — Whence it must follow, that no mere man could ever be capable of the conditions of...

...Messiah 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...