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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66361	The chariot of truth wherein are contained I. a declaration against sacriledge ..., II. the grand rebellion, or, a looking-glass for rebels ..., III. the discovery of mysteries ..., IV. the rights of kings ..., V. the great vanity of every man ... / by Gryffith Williams.	Williams, Gryffith, 1589?-1672.	1663 (1663)	Wing W2663; ESTC R28391	625,671	469

observe that the Apostle would have us to understand 1. That Aaron and the Levites were 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 men 2. That they were 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 mortal men that died But this Priest by the Antithesis must be neither man that is simply a man and no more but a man nor mortal after the manner of other men because the Prophet testifieth ●n ●n that he liveth and therefore going to prove the necessity of the change of the Law he saith it is evident because ou●-Lord sprang out of Judah of which Tribe Moses spake nothing concerning Verse 14. the Priesthood And he addeth that it is yet far m●re evident because 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 endlesse life and Who hath the power of an endlesse life but Jesus Christ Therefore this Melchisedec can be none other than Jesus Christ because the Apostle saith he was of an endlesse life or otherwise the similitude doth not hold that Christ was of an endlesse life 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 after the likeness of Melchisedec if hi● life was none otherwise endlesse than what is or may be collected out of Moses touching the endlesse life of Melchisedec but the Apostle proveth Christ to be so of an endlesse life not by what Mos●s said or said not of Melchisedec but by the testimony of the Prophet David which saith The Lord sware that He i. e. Christ is a Priest for ever and so is of an endlesse life which cannot be said of that Melchisedec spoken of by Moses unless that Melchisedec be Jesus Christ Because that if he was not Jesus Christ we are sure that he died and therefore could not be of an endlesse life 4. Because the Apostle to answer and prevent an Objection that might 4 Reason be made because he had said that Melchisedec 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 was made like unto the Son of God meanes no otherwise by this 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Hebr. 7 3. made like unto the Son of God but that he was indeed the Son of God Even as Nebuchadnezzar saith The fourth man that walked with the three children in the fiery-Furnace was like unto the Son of God whereby Dan. 3. 25. he meant that he was none other than the Son of God that came there to preserve his servants So here the Apostle in saying that he was 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 made like unto the Son of God meaneth without question that this Melchisedec or this Christ that met Abraham assumed now a body of the same likeness habit and countenance as afterward he meant to unite personally unto himself for that it is un usual thing in Scripture to say that he which is is like unto himself as that Saint Paul is like Saint Paul as where the Apostle saith that Christ Was found in shape or fashion as a man and took upon him the form of a servant and was made Phil. 2. 7 8. in the likeness of men that is he was made indeed a true perfect and a natural man 5. Because Abraham did give unto this Melchisedec the Tythe of all that 5. Reason was taken from four Kings a great booty as perceiving under that visible shape and form of man an invisible deity to subsist to whom the tythe of all things is only due and everlastingly due to him and to none but to him as the Lord saith himself All the tythe of the land is the Lords that is Levit. 27. 30. the Lord Christ's because he is the everlasting Priest which Melchisedec if he was a mortal man and not Christ could not be 6. Because Saint Paul confirmeth the perpetuity and eternity of Christ 6. Reason his Priest-hood with the testimony of the Prophet David who speaking of Christ saith Thou art a Priest forever 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 according to the order of Melchisedec saith the Greek copy but Sicut vel qu●madmodum Melchisedecus Petrus C●nae●s de Repub Heb. l. 3. c. 3. pag. 402. even as or in like manner as Melchisedec is a Priest forever saith the Hebrew text as Aben Ezra doth expound it and so makes it clear that that Melchisedec was Jesus Christ 7. And lastly Because all they which do affirm this Melchisedec to be 7. Reason either Shem the son of Noah or any other King of Salem and a Mortal man Fateri coguntur ea omnia quae de illo Apostolus dixit etiam M●ssi● c●●venire saith Cunaeus are compell'd to confess that all those things which the Apostle speaks of Melchisededec do very well and literally agree with Christ but cannot agree with any other mortal man without admitting many mystical and figurative interpretations thereof And therefore I do say that this Melchisedec which received these tythes was no mortal man but the immortal son of God to whom all tythes are due and he assuming a visible shape did appear unto Abraham after his great victory which he had over his enemies and is the first victory that we read of in the Holy Scripture and may typifie the spiritual Conquest of our enemies by our Saviour Christ who offered unto Abraham bread and wine as the type of our blessed Sacrament of the Lords Supper and it is probable that our Saviour had respect hereunto when he said unto the Jews that Abraham saw his day and rejoyced that is not only with the eyes of faith Joh. 8. 1● as all the rest of the Patriarchs and Prophets did see him but also in a visible This point is more fully handled in my book of The best Religi●n in the Treatise o● the Incarnation of Christ 2. Point that Chri●t received tythes as he was Priest shape which he assumed like unto that whereunto he was afterward to be united and which many Prophets and just men desired to see and have not seen God yielding not such a special favour unto them as herein he did unto faithful Abraham And so you see the first point sufficiently cleared that Christ was alwaies and continually an eternal Priest as well before as after his Incarnation And 2. For the other point that he alwaies received the Tythes as he was this eternal Pri●st the Scriptures make it plain for here you see this Melchisedec which is Christ receiveth the tythes of Abraham and Saint Pa●l saith that he whose descent is not counted from them that is from the posterity of Aaron that is Christ received tythes of Abraham and all the Levitical Priests that were as then in the loyns of Abraham paid tythes to Him to whom only all tythes are due and the Levites to whom Moses under the law commanded the tythes to be paid were but his substitut●s and Tythe-gatherers and receiving what is due to him unto themselves for his service And seeing Christ himself received tythes