a_o great_a dignity_n and_o prerogative_n in_o the_o levite_n in_o that_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o tribe_n though_o descendant_n with_o they_o from_o the_o same_o abraham_n yet_o be_v bind_v to_o pay_v they_o tithe_n and_o so_o the_o dignity_n of_o melchisedec_n far_o exceed_v they_o who_o receive_v the_o office_n of_o the_o priesthood_n he_n say_v not_o that_o the_o son_n of_o levi_n receive_v the_o office_n of_o priesthood_n but_o they_o of_o they_o who_o receive_v it_o for_o all_o the_o levite_n have_v not_o right_a to_o the_o priesthood_n but_o only_o some_o of_o they_o namely_o the_o posterity_n of_o aaron_n as_o you_o may_v see_v at_o large_a num._n 3._o &_o num._n 18._o the_o rest_n of_o the_o levite_n be_v join_v to_o the_o priest_n to_o minister_v unto_o they_o in_o the_o holy_a thing_n to_o keep_v the_o temple_n and_o the_o holy_a vessel_n to_o beâ—r_v the_o aâ—k_n when_o need_v require_v which_o notwithstanding_o they_o may_v neither_o touch_v nor_o look_v upon_o till_o it_o be_v wrap_v up_o to_o slay_v the_o ordinary_a sacrifice_n bring_v by_o single_a person_n and_o to_o perform_v such_o other_o service_n have_v a_o commandment_n to_o take_v tithe_n of_o the_o people_n this_o right_a and_o privilege_n be_v grant_v they_o from_o god_n to_o claim_v tithe_n of_o the_o people_n for_o to_o speak_v proper_o the_o commandment_n to_o take_v tithe_n be_v not_o lay_v upon_o the_o priest_n but_o the_o people_n be_v bind_v by_o god_n commandment_n to_o give_v tithe_n and_o thereupon_o the_o priest_n have_v a_o right_a to_o require_v and_o exact_v they_o according_a to_o the_o law_n the_o manner_n how_o tithe_n shall_v be_v pay_v the_o matter_n from_o what_o thing_n the_o person_n to_o who_o and_o the_o time_n when_o be_v all_o determine_v by_o god_n law_n for_o first_o the_o people_n must_v give_v tithe_n to_o the_o levite_n numb_a 18_o 21._o then_o the_o levite_n must_v give_v tithe_n of_o their_o tithe_n to_o the_o priest_n numb_a 18.28_o and_o herein_o the_o dignity_n of_o the_o priest_n appear_v far_o the_o great_a because_o not_o only_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o tribe_n but_o also_o the_o levite_n themselves_o who_o be_v of_o the_o same_o tribe_n give_v tithe_n unto_o the_o priest_n that_o be_v their_o brethren_n though_o they_o come_v out_o of_o the_o loin_n of_o abraham_n certain_o a_o great_a dignity_n which_o will_v not_o have_v be_v so_o great_a if_o some_o other_o man_n have_v be_v bind_v to_o pay_v they_o tithe_n but_o that_o their_o own_o brethren_n who_o come_v as_o well_o as_o they_o from_o the_o loin_n of_o the_o same_o abraham_n shall_v be_v bind_v to_o it_o by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n this_o be_v a_o great_a argument_n of_o the_o dignity_n and_o eminency_n that_o rest_v in_o the_o priest_n 6._o but_o he_o who_o descent_n be_v not_o count_v from_o they_o receive_v tithe_n of_o abraham_n he_n show_v how_o much_o in_o this_o respect_n melchisedec_n be_v great_a than_o the_o leviticall_a priest_n who_o first_o he_o describe_v in_o such_o word_n as_o most_o elegant_o agree_v to_o christ_n his_o antitype_n that_o he_o may_v tacit_o show_v that_o it_o nothing_o hinder_v christ_n from_o the_o dignity_n of_o his_o high_a priesthood_n that_o he_o come_v not_o from_o the_o tribe_n of_o levi._n for_o it_o be_v as_o much_o as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v the_o leviticall_a priest_n have_v this_o right_a and_o dignity_n that_o they_o take_v tithe_n of_o their_o brethren_n though_o they_o descend_v from_o the_o same_o abraham_n but_o how_o much_o great_a be_v it_o that_o he_o who_o as_o he_o come_v not_o from_o the_o same_o stock_n so_o neither_o do_v he_o count_v his_o kindred_n from_o they_o take_v tithe_n of_o abraham_n himself_o for_o it_o be_v much_o more_o and_o more_o worthy_a to_o have_v abraham_n himself_o tributary_n to_o he_o than_o those_o who_o come_v from_o the_o loin_n of_o abraham_n wherefore_o the_o leviticall_a priest_n have_v no_o cause_n to_o boast_v as_o if_o to_o their_o line_n alone_o this_o right_a and_o privilege_n be_v grant_v of_o take_v tithe_n from_o the_o people_n see_v he_o who_o neither_o belong_v to_o their_o line_n nor_o account_v himself_o of_o it_o do_v as_o the_o author_n speak_v decimate_a abraham_n himself_o and_o bless_v he_o that_o have_v the_o promise_n we_o have_v say_v before_o that_o the_o author_n prefer_v melchisedec_n before_o the_o leviticall_a priest_n for_o three_o reason_n whereof_o the_o first_o be_v bipartite_a who_o former_a part_n the_o author_n have_v hitherto_o produce_v and_o refer_v the_o latter_a part_n to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o proof_n he_o come_v here_o to_o the_o second_o full_a reason_n take_v from_o the_o act_n of_o melchisedec_n in_o blessing_n abraham_n yet_o that_o the_o great_a dignity_n of_o melchisedec_n may_v the_o more_o evident_o appear_v in_o this_o act_n of_o blessing_n he_o do_v not_o name_n abraham_n but_o describe_v he_o under_o this_o notion_n he_o that_o have_v the_o promise_n q.d._n melchisedec_n bless_v he_o who_o god_n be_v to_o bless_v and_o have_v bind_v himself_o by_o promise_n to_o bless_v he_o and_o make_v he_o a_o blessing_n for_o god_n have_v already_o say_v unto_o he_o i_o will_v make_v of_o thou_o a_o great_a nation_n and_o i_o will_v bless_v thou_o and_o make_v thy_o name_n great_a and_o thou_o shall_v be_v a_o blessing_n and_o i_o will_v bless_v they_o that_o bless_v thou_o and_o curse_v he_o that_o curse_v thou_o and_o in_o thou_o shall_v all_o family_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v bless_v gen._n 12.2,3_o to_o bless_v this_o man_n that_o have_v such_o promise_n of_o blessing_n and_o those_o so_o great_a that_o there_o be_v none_o great_a know_v upon_o earth_n and_o to_o bless_v he_o also_o not_o by_o way_n of_o charity_n or_o good_a will_n by_o pray_v for_o all_o happiness_n upon_o he_o but_o in_o a_o singular_a way_n according_a to_o his_o office_n as_o he_o be_v the_o minister_n and_o priest_n of_o god_n to_o who_o prayer_n and_o wish_n god_n will_v in_o a_o manner_n oblige_v himself_o which_o certain_o be_v a_o evidence_n of_o high_a preeminence_n and_o dignity_n and_o from_o thence_o he_o mean_v to_o conclude_v that_o melchisedec_n be_v great_a than_o abraham_n 7._o and_o without_o all_o contradiction_n the_o less_o be_v bless_v of_o the_o great_a he_o have_v before_o express_v the_o assumption_n that_o melchisedec_n bless_a abraham_n and_o now_o he_o add_v the_o proposition_n leave_v every_o man_n to_o frame_v the_o conclusion_n that_o melchisedec_n be_v great_a than_o abraham_n and_o if_o he_o be_v so_o much_o great_a than_o abraham_n much_o more_o be_v he_o great_a than_o the_o leviticall_a priest_n without_o all_o controversy_n these_o word_n show_v that_o his_o assertion_n be_v so_o evident_a and_o manifest_a that_o no_o man_n can_v well_o deny_v it_o and_o that_o with_o good_a cause_n for_o every_o kind_n of_o apprecation_n or_o blessing_n be_v not_o here_o to_o be_v understand_v for_o even_o the_o least_o and_o mean_a person_n may_v bless_v and_o pray_v for_o the_o best_a and_o great_a and_o many_o time_n do_v so_o but_o as_o we_o have_v often_o note_v a_o singular_a and_o sacerdotal_a blessing_n for_o he_o that_o give_v another_o a_o blessing_n as_o the_o priest_n and_o especial_a minister_n of_o god_n to_o who_o god_n have_v commit_v the_o right_a and_o office_n of_o it_o in_o such_o manner_n that_o god_n will_v second_v the_o blessing_n of_o the_o priest_n with_o he_o and_o in_o a_o manner_n be_v oblige_v to_o perform_v it_o certain_o that_o person_n that_o thus_o give_v the_o blessing_n be_v great_a and_o worthy_a than_o he_o that_o receive_v it_o he_o be_v great_a and_o worthy_a if_o not_o in_o estate_n and_o civil_a power_n as_o if_o he_o bless_v a_o king_n when_o he_o himself_o be_v none_o which_o notwithstanding_o have_v not_o place_n in_o melchisedec_n yet_o certain_o in_o regard_n of_o sacred_a function_n for_o he_o be_v near_o in_o degree_n to_o god_n than_o the_o other_o as_o a_o mean_a person_n between_o god_n that_o bless_v and_o the_o party_n bless_v to_o who_o he_o give_v a_o kind_n of_o right_a to_o obtain_v from_o god_n the_o thing_n he_o pray_v for_o therefore_o we_o read_v numb_a 6.27_o that_o god_n after_o he_o have_v command_v that_o aaron_n and_o his_o son_n shall_v bless_v the_o people_n of_o israel_n and_o have_v prescribe_v also_o the_o form_n of_o the_o blessing_n do_v profess_v that_o he_o will_v second_v the_o blessing_n and_o confirm_v it_o upon_o the_o people_n they_o shall_v faith_n god_n put_v my_o name_n upon_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n and_o i_o will_v bless_v they_o hence_o the_o son_n of_o syrach_n when_o he_o supplicate_v god_n for_o the_o people_n and_o endeavour_v to_o move_v he_o by_o his_o prayer_n he_o forget_v not_o this_o blessing_n of_o
aaron_n say_v o_o lord_n hear_v the_o prayer_n of_o thy_o servant_n according_a to_o the_o blessing_n of_o aaron_n over_o thy_o people_n ecclus._n 36.17_o 8._o and_o here_o man_n that_o die_v receive_v tithe_n now_o follow_v the_o three_o reason_n whereby_o he_o prove_v that_o melchisedec_n be_v great_a than_o the_o leviticall_a priest_n namely_o because_o the_o leviticall_a priest_n receive_v tithe_n yet_o one_o of_o they_o die_v after_o another_o and_o they_o succeed_v one_o another_o in_o the_o priesthood_n but_o melchisedec_n have_v a_o testimony_n of_o scripture_n for_o he_o that_o he_o live_v here_o i._n here_o under_o the_o law_n and_o among_o we_o but_o there_o he_o of_o who_o it_o be_v witness_v that_o he_o live_v there_o where_o we_o read_v that_o abraham_n give_v he_o tithe_n he_o then_o receive_v they_o who_o the_o scripture_n witness_v that_o he_o live_v but_o we_o must_v note_v that_o the_o author_n oppose_v not_o melchisedec_n to_o mortal_a man_n but_o to_o die_a man_n only_o neither_o do_v he_o say_v that_o he_o be_v immortal_a but_o only_o that_o he_o live_v for_o life_n be_v not_o oppose_v to_o mortality_n but_o proper_o to_o death_n and_o there_o the_o scripture_n say_v that_o melchisedec_n do_v live_v where_o she_o affirm_v he_o to_o be_v a_o priest_n for_o ever_o and_o she_o affirm_v it_o in_o her_o comparison_n of_o he_o with_o christ_n when_o she_o say_v thou_o be_v a_o priest_n for_o ever_o after_o the_o order_n of_o melchisedec_n psal_n 110.4_o as_o we_o explicate_v it_o before_o in_o this_o chapter_n vers_fw-la 3._o where_o we_o show_v that_o melchisedec_n be_v call_v a_o priest_n for_o ever_o because_o he_o exercise_v his_o priesthood_n a_o long_a time_n even_o for_o the_o full_a term_n of_o his_o natural_a life_n and_o that_o he_o live_v so_o long_a a_o priest_n as_o there_o be_v any_o knowledge_n of_o the_o true_a god_n among_o the_o man_n of_o his_o time_n and_o any_o place_n for_o the_o priesthood_n so_o that_o melchisedec_n in_o his_o priesthood_n resemble_v for_o his_o continuance_n all_o the_o leviticall_a priest_n who_o succeed_v one_o after_o another_o which_o eternity_n of_o his_o be_v but_o umbratilous_a and_o figurative_a as_o we_o say_v of_o christ_n eternity_n and_o therefore_o the_o life_n of_o melchisedec_n be_v nothing_o but_o a_o shadow_n of_o that_o life_n which_o be_v in_o christ_n and_o if_o we_o respect_v the_o scope_n of_o the_o author_n it_o make_v not_o to_o the_o matter_n that_o melchisedec_n do_v at_o last_o yield_v to_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o die_v for_o he_o speak_v not_o of_o melchisedec_n for_o himself_o but_o for_o christ_n who_o true_o live_v for_o ever_o it_o suffice_v in_o melchisedec_n that_o the_o eternal_a life_n of_o christ_n be_v in_o some_o manner_n shadow_v and_o signify_v in_o the_o scripture_n and_o this_o be_v the_o reason_n why_o the_o author_n oppose_v melchisedec_n to_o die_a man_n and_o say_v he_o live_v for_o ever_o for_o when_o we_o speak_v of_o the_o type_n as_o of_o the_o antitype_n we_o many_o time_n so_o speak_v of_o it_o as_o of_o the_o anti-type_n itself_o although_o the_o word_n must_v be_v apply_v figurative_o to_o the_o type_n and_o proper_o to_o the_o antitype_n 9_o and_o as_o i_o may_v so_o say_v levi_n also_o who_o receive_v tithe_n pay_v tithe_n or_o be_v decimate_v in_o abraham_n here_o at_o last_o come_v in_o the_o other_o of_o the_o first_o reason_n which_o we_o say_v be_v bipartite_a and_o wherewith_o the_o author_n now_o confirm_v the_o dignity_n of_o melchisedec_n namely_o that_o when_o melchisedec_n take_v tithe_n of_o abraham_n he_o tithe_v also_o levi_n and_o all_o the_o priest_n spring_v from_o his_o loin_n who_o be_v themselves_o to_o receive_v tithe_n to_o show_v the_o great_a dignity_n of_o melchisedec_n it_o be_v not_o enough_o for_o the_o author_n to_o say_v that_o he_o tithe_v abraham_n himself_o but_o levi_n also_o who_o take_v tithe_n be_v by_o he_o tithe_v in_o abraham_n for_o it_o be_v as_o much_o as_o if_o he_o have_v take_v tithe_n of_o levi_n when_o he_o take_v they_o of_o he_o in_o who_o loin_n levi_n be_v yet_o latent_fw-la therefore_o in_o a_o figurative_a way_n of_o speech_n the_o author_n say_v that_o levi_n be_v tithe_v through_o abraham_n for_o because_o he_o can_v not_o say_v proper_o that_o levi_n give_v tithe_n to_o melchisedec_n through_o abraham_n therefore_o lest_o his_o word_n shall_v seem_v harsh_a he_o mollify_v they_o thus_o as_o i_o may_v so_o say_v whereby_o he_o plain_o declare_v that_o what_o he_o speak_v here_o of_o levi_n must_v not_o be_v take_v literal_o and_o proper_o but_o in_o a_o certain_a sense_n and_o form_n of_o speech_n levi_n also_o who_o receive_v tithe_n not_o in_o his_o own_o person_n but_o in_o his_o posterity_n so_o that_o it_o be_v not_o strange_a that_o he_o be_v say_v to_o have_v give_v tithe_n in_o his_o father_n who_o be_v also_o say_v to_o have_v take_v they_o in_o his_o child_n but_o now_o let_v we_o see_v how_o the_o author_n prove_v this_o 10._o for_o he_o be_v yet_o in_o the_o loin_n of_o his_o father_n when_o melchisedec_n meet_v he_o here_o he_o prove_v that_o levi_n give_v tithe_n to_o melchisedec_n through_o abraham_n thus_o if_o at_o that_o time_n levi_n have_v be_v a_o person_n sever_v from_o abraham_n and_o have_v enjoy_v his_o estate_n apart_o to_o himself_o this_o fact_n of_o abraham_n in_o give_v tithe_n to_o melchisedec_n have_v nothing_o concern_v he_o but_o because_o levi_n be_v then_o so_o unite_v and_o join_v with_o abraham_n that_o he_o yet_o lay_v couch_v in_o abraham_n loin_n therefore_o he_o also_o be_v just_o account_v to_o have_v give_v tithe_n to_o melchisedec_n in_o or_o through_o abraham_n which_o sentence_n notwithstanding_o must_v not_o be_v transfer_v to_o all_o the_o action_n of_o a_o father_n but_o only_o to_o those_o which_o proper_o consist_v either_o in_o the_o increase_n or_o decrease_v of_o his_o estate_n which_o use_v to_o descend_v to_o his_o child_n by_o right_a of_o inheritance_n and_o the_o payment_n of_o tithe_n be_v such_o a_o action_n for_o it_o so_o much_o decrease_v the_o father_n estate_n for_o they_o be_v pay_v out_o of_o the_o father_n good_n which_o thus_o far_o be_v already_o the_o child_n in_o that_o the_o right_n of_o inheritance_n thereto_o belong_v to_o they_o especial_o if_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o the_o father_n have_v or_o may_v have_v child_n to_o succeed_v he_o in_o his_o estate_n as_o abraham_n have_v to_o who_o god_n have_v for_o certain_a promise_v a_o posterity_n for_o as_o the_o heir_n after_o his_o father_n death_n do_v in_o a_o manner_n represent_v the_o person_n of_o his_o father_n by_o his_o succeed_a to_o he_o and_o possess_v his_o estate_n so_o likewise_o the_o father_n before_o his_o child_n be_v sever_v from_o he_o and_o have_v a_o right_a to_o dispose_v of_o his_o good_n as_o their_o own_o do_v in_o a_o manner_n also_o represent_v the_o person_n of_o his_o heir_n and_o of_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o child_n and_o what_o he_o then_o order_v or_o do_v in_o his_o good_n the_o same_o in_o a_o manner_n his_o heir_n be_v account_v to_o do_v i_o say_v in_o a_o manner_n because_o proper_o this_o can_v be_v say_v neither_o do_v the_o author_n himself_o say_v proper_o that_o it_o be_v do_v but_o acknowledge_v a_o impropriety_n in_o his_o word_n as_o we_o note_v before_o hence_o may_v easy_o be_v understand_v that_o which_o together_o with_o the_o author_n we_o affirm_v that_o such_o act_n of_o the_o parent_n must_v be_v extend_v only_o to_o those_o of_o their_o successor_n or_o posterity_n to_o who_o the_o inheritance_n or_o some_o notable_a portion_n of_o their_o good_n shall_v descend_v either_o for_o certainty_n as_o here_o to_o abraham_n posterity_n or_o at_o least_o in_o all_o probability_n for_o otherwise_o that_o force_n of_o inheritance_n whereof_o we_o speak_v will_v expire_v and_o what_o any_o man_n order_n concern_v his_o estate_n can_v be_v attribute_v to_o his_o child_n and_o posterity_n 11._o if_o therefore_o perfection_n after_o that_o by_o compare_v melchisedec_n with_o the_o leviticall_a priest_n he_o have_v show_v that_o melchisedec_n be_v a_o priest_n and_o a_o priest_n much_o differ_v from_o the_o leviticall_a as_o a_o person_n far_o great_a and_o worthy_a than_o they_o now_o he_o proceed_v to_o the_o three_o part_n of_o the_o chapter_n and_o in_o regard_n that_o after_o those_o leviticall_a priest_n there_o must_v be_v another_o priest_n ordain_v according_a to_o the_o order_n of_o melchisedec_n and_o not_o according_a to_o the_o order_n of_o aaron_n therefore_o he_o thence_o argue_v and_o prove_v the_o imperfection_n of_o the_o leviticall_a priesthood_n and_o also_o of_o the_o law_n itself_o upon_o which_o that_o priesthood_n be_v ordain_v and_o upon_o the_o
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