to_o such_o as_o be_v of_o humble_a and_o sanctify_a heart_n levi_n then_o be_v dead_a and_o no_o man_n deni_v it_o melchisedec_n be_v rise_v and_o some_o man_n believe_v it_o but_o that_o he_o rise_v to_o take_v tithe_n most_o man_n laugh_v at_o it_o we_o will_v assay_v therefore_o first_o after_o levi_n and_o from_o melchisedec_n to_o draw_v they_o upon_o christ_n second_o to_o derive_v they_o from_o he_o to_o his_o ministry_n §_o viii_o paul_n have_v in_o the_o first_o ten_o verse_n compare_v melchisedec_n with_o aaron_n anagogice_n the_o type_n apply_v by_o paul_n to_o christ_n anagogice_n both_o as_o christ_n type_n he_o prove_v vers_fw-la 11._o the_o weakness_n of_o aaron_n priesthood_n because_o it_o be_v needful_a that_o there_o shall_v rise_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o aaron_n both_o in_o person_n tribe_n and_o order_n but_o from_o melchisedec_n in_o person_n only_o not_o order_n then_z vers_n 13._o come_v on_o the_o main_a conclusion_n by_o a_o anagogical_a application_n bind_v these_o prerogative_n of_o melchisedec_n consider_v in_o the_o simple_a nature_n of_o a_o type_n by_o a_o relative_a force_n on_o the_o verity_n christ_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o he_o of_o who_o these_o thing_n be_v speak_v etc._n etc._n i_o think_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d can_v be_v sufficient_o express_v by_o of_o who_o for_o this_o be_v true_a english_a for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o chap._n 5.11_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o who_o we_o have_v much_o to_o say_v all_o then_o that_o be_v say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o melchisedec_n be_v here_o by_o the_o apostle_n infer_v and_o transfer_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o unto_o and_o upon_o christ_n the_o construction_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d here_o with_o the_o accusative_a case_n signify_v motum_fw-la remove_v or_o conveyance_n from_o one_o point_n to_o another_o so_o be_v melchisedec_n but_o christ_n attorney_n here_o to_o take_v seize_v of_o his_o patrimony_n and_o so_o must_v it_o not_o remain_v still_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o return_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d all_o these_o prerogatival_n preposition_n end_v ever_o in_o christ_n as_o first_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o who_o and_o by_o who_o all_o thing_n be_v heb._n 2.10_o second_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o who_o and_o to_o who_o all_o must_v rest_v and_o be_v refer_v colos_n 1.16_o 17._o three_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o who_o all_o thing_n of_o melchisedec_n be_v speak_v heb._n 5.11_o and_o last_o here_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d on_o who_o all_o right_n title_n and_o possession_n prefigure_v by_o his_o type_n must_v be_v transfer_v for_o ever_o then_o we_o reason_v thus_o from_o paul_n ground_n whatsoever_o be_v speak_v here_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o melchisedec_n typical_o be_v transfer_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d unto_o christ_n his_o verity_n tithing_n be_v speak_v of_o melchisedec_n typical_o ergo_fw-la tithe_n must_v be_v transfer_v unto_o christ_n his_o verity_n let_v any_o christian_a show_n wherein_o this_o doctrine_n fail_v §_o ix_o but_o here_o they_o say_v there_o be_v much_o make_v of_o nothing_o paul_n tithe_n why_o touch_v hereby_o paul_n the_o apostle_n intend_v not_o here_o to_o prove_v tithe_n due_a but_o to_o settle_v christ_n priesthood_n as_o perpetual_a and_o so_o say_v i_o to_o doubtless_o he_o never_o doubt_v that_o tithe_n be_v due_a neither_o doubt_v they_o with_o who_o he_o have_v to_o do_v therefore_o he_o take_v it_o with_o they_o pro_fw-la confesso_fw-la and_o use_v it_o as_o his_o only_a medium_fw-la to_o resolve_v their_o doubt_n of_o the_o perpetuity_n of_o christ_n priesthood_n he_o take_v tithe_n he_o live_v ergo_fw-la a_o eternal_a priest_n levi_n be_v but_o a_o die_a tithing_n priest_n all_o thing_n record_v of_o our_o melchisedec_n be_v still_o true_o affirm_v in_o praesenti_fw-la he_o bless_v he_o tithe_v he_o live_v his_o sacrifice_n endure_v for_o ever_o of_o levi_n not_o one_o of_o all_o now_o true_a and_o when_o he_o even_o live_v all_o be_v not_o in_o all_o respect_v true_a for_o he_o daily_o die_v in_o person_n and_o in_o end_n die_v quite_o from_o his_o office_n therefore_o in_o both_o imperfect_a his_o action_n be_v daily_o redouble_v and_o where_o ever_o repetition_n must_v be_v there_o can_v be_v no_o perfection_n our_o melchisedec_n have_v never_o a_o fellow_n make_v never_o a_o default_n therefore_o al-sufficient_a this_o for_o draw_v of_o tithe_n upon_o christ_n §_o x_o now_o in_o derive_v they_o from_o he_o we_o meet_v with_o a_o cavil_v tithe_n how_o christ_n be_v say_v to_o take_v tithe_n we_o lay_v for_o a_o ground_n chap._n 4._o that_o whatsoever_o the_o type_n do_v that_o must_v the_o verity_n also_o do_v ergo_fw-la see_v melchisedec_n take_v tithe_n christ_n must_v take_v tithe_n but_o christ_n never_o tithe_v etc._n etc._n for_o answer_v christ_n take_v tithe_n now_o even_o as_o his_o father_n take_v they_o before_o he_o viz._n by_o their_o officer_n what_o be_v essential_a in_o the_o priesthood_n of_o mechisedec_n that_o christ_n perform_v ever_o real_o viz._n blessing_n but_o tithing_n be_v only_o a_o propriety_n not_o of_o the_o essence_n of_o priesthood_n and_o so_o bind_v not_o the_o verity_n in_o his_o own_o person_n for_o a_o workman_n be_v not_o define_v by_o his_o wage_n so_o in_o this_o point_n the_o law_n of_o all_o similitude_n must_v have_v place_n nullum_fw-la simile_n in_o omni_n simile_n and_o see_v christ_n take_v alm_n be_v give_v to_o the_o poor_a may_v he_o not_o take_v his_o own_o patrimony_n by_o his_o own_o officer_n who_o he_o have_v make_v his_o minister_n his_o ambassador_n put_v the_o word_n of_o reconciliation_n in_o their_o mouth_n 5.19.20_o 2_o cor._n 5.19.20_o and_o so_o his_o inheritance_n in_o their_o hand_n thus_o far_o for_o the_o apostle_n argument_n from_o the_o person_n taker_n melchisedec_n follow_v from_o the_o giver_n abraham_n chap._n vii_o perpetual_a tithing_n prove_v also_o by_o abraham_n deed_n a_o comparison_n between_o melchisedec_n levi_n and_o our_o ministry_n the_o conclusion_n of_o the_o lawfulness_n of_o tithe_n melchisedec_n then_o take_v tithe_n and_o life_n §_o i_o but_o a_o live_a taker_n must_v also_o have_v a_o live_a giver_n tithe_n abraham_n bind_v we_o to_o tithe_n therefore_o the_o apostle_n tell_v we_o here_o that_o abraham_n with_o his_o whole_a seed_n must_v be_v the_o aequivalent_fw-la giver_n last_v as_o long_o as_o melchisedecs_n priesthood_n and_o so_o abraham_n give_v tithe_n and_o live_v that_o all_o abraham_n posterity_n make_v up_o the_o person_n of_o the_o giver_n it_o be_v thus_o clear_v and_o to_o say_v as_o the_o thing_n be_v 〈◊〉_d hebr._n 7.9_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d levi_n also_o which_o receive_v tithe_n be_v tithe_v in_o abraham_n then_o if_o levi_n be_v tithe_v i_o hope_v the_o other_o eleven_o tribe_n his_o brethren_n escape_v not_o free_a but_o let_v we_o hear_v why_o be_v levi_n tithe_v because_o he_o be_v yet_o in_o the_o loin_n of_o his_o father_n abraham_n when_o melchisedec_n meet_v he_o then_o all_o that_o dare_v call_v abraham_n father_n even_o as_o well_o that_o issue_v out_o of_o the_o loin_n of_o his_o flesh_n as_o that_o be_v enter_v in_o the_o fellowship_n of_o his_o faith_n be_v all_o here_o in_o abraham_n tithe_v flesh_n bring_v in_o the_o whole_a tribe_n for_o they_o issue_v out_o of_o his_o very_a loin_n as_o do_v levi_n faith_n include_v all_o the_o family_n of_o the_o earth_n as_o abraham_n seed_n whereby_o the_o poor_a lazarus_n leap_v to_o abraham_n bosom_n and_o that_o faith_n have_v no_o less_o force_n here_o than_o flesh_n it_o be_v clear_a by_o the_o four_o and_o sixth_o verse_n abraham_n the_o patriarch_n be_v tithe_v who_o have_v the_o promise_n then_o if_o he_o be_v a_o father_n of_o our_o faith_n let_v he_o be_v also_o the_o father_n of_o our_o thankfulness_n if_o we_o be_v bless_v in_o he_o let_v we_o also_o be_v tithe_v in_o he_o else_o our_o faith_n be_v but_o dead_a and_o he_o be_v not_o our_o father_n but_o what_o if_o the_o seed_n of_o his_o faith_n be_v more_o bind_v §_o two_o then_o the_o seed_n of_o his_o only_a flesh_n flesh_n rom._n 9.7_o 8._o seed_n of_o faith_n more_o bind_v to_o tithe_n than_o seed_n of_o flesh_n say_v not_o paul_n all_o be_v not_o israel_n that_o be_v of_o israel_n neither_o be_v they_o all_o child_n because_o they_o be_v the_o seed_n of_o abraham_n etc._n etc._n that_o be_v they_o which_o be_v the_o child_n of_o the_o flesh_n be_v not_o the_o child_n of_o god_n but_o the_o child_n of_o the_o promise_n be_v count_v for_o the_o seed_n then_o see_v melchisedec_n bless_a abraham_n our_o
if_o paul_n have_v mean_v any_o alteration_n than_o be_v he_o bind_v to_o a_o plainness_n see_v he_o say_v i_o have_v keep_v back_o nothing_o but_o have_v show_v you_o all_o the_o counsel_n of_o god_n object_n then_o shall_v he_o have_v speak_v plain_o of_o tithe_n where_o he_o speak_v of_o maintenance_n but_o this_o he_o do_v not_o ergo_fw-la he_o mean_v not_o tithe_n answ_n the_o counsel_n of_o god_n here_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v only_o of_o thing_n de_fw-fr novo_fw-la not_o that_o paul_n be_v to_o repeat_v plain_o the_o whole_a counsel_n of_o god_n already_o reveal_v and_o of_o nature_n moral_n but_o remember_v still_o paul_n plainness_n be_v yet_o a_o come_n chap._n 4._o part_n 2._o in_o chap._n v._n §._o iv_o mechisedec_n tithe_v abraham_n father_n both_o of_o levi_n and_o all_o his_o brethren_n brethren_n as_o be_v say_v both_o by_o flesh_n and_o faith_n ergo_fw-la all_o still_a subject_n to_o melchisedecs_n tithing_n and_o such_o as_o see_v not_o this_o be_v too_o big_a in_o flesh_n too_o beggarly_a in_o faith_n object_n quick_a but_o be_v it_o also_o solid_a it_o be_v but_o the_o priesthood_n that_o be_v there_o compare_v melchisedecs_n with_o levy_n christ_n with_o it_o of_o the_o law_n for_o levi_n in_o this_o be_v not_o the_o type_n of_o christ_n answ_n but_o these_o priesthood_n be_v compare_v in_o the_o point_n of_o blessing_n and_o tithe_n peculiar_a to_o only_a priest_n and_o it_o levi_n in_o this_o as_o you_o say_v be_v no_o type_n of_o christ_n then_o tithe_n in_o levi_n be_v not_o typical_a if_o not_o typical_a not_o ceremonial_a ergo_fw-la ever_o moral_a for_o their_o judicial_n meddle_v not_o with_o it_o but_o the_o truth_n be_v melchisedec_n and_o levi_n be_v both_o in_o all_o their_o do_n here_o record_v very_a type_n of_o christ_n but_o of_o diverse_a order_n that_o be_v nature_n and_o the_o endless_a order_n of_o melchisedec_n in_o blessing_n and_o tithe_n be_v by_o paul_n transfer_v on_o christ_n as_o be_v there_o prove_v in_o chap._n vi_o against_o the_o title_n perpetuity_n of_o melchisedecs_n priesthood_n prove_v by_o only_a tithe_n object_n not_o but_o greatness_n prove_v by_o tithing_n and_o blessing_n vers_fw-la 4._o and_o 7._o and_o perpetuity_n in_o vers_fw-la 3._o without_o father_n without_o mother_n and_o as_o the_o syriak_n who_o neither_o father_n nor_o mother_n be_v write_v in_o the_o genealogy_n etc._n etc._n answ_n and_o be_v not_o tithing_n in_o vers_fw-la 8._o join_v with_o time_n in_o their_o die_v and_o live_v chap._n vi_o §._o ii_o against_o the_o second_o syllogism_n he_o that_o take_v tithe_n and_o live_v be_v a_o perpetual_a priest_n melchisedec_n take_v tithe_n and_o live_v ergo_fw-la etc._n etc._n object_n the_o argument_n seem_v not_o so_o but_o thus_o he_o that_o live_v be_v great_a than_o he_o that_o die_v thus_o in_o effect_n both_o priest_n melchisedec_n and_o aaron_n but_o who_o great_a he_o that_o live_v he_o that_o take_v he_o that_o bless_a both_o priest_n be_v take_v pro_fw-la confesso_fw-la or_o prove_v by_o david_n testimony_n not_o by_o take_v of_o tithe_n answ_n see_v our_o point_n here_o be_v of_o only_a time_n and_o that_o you_o yield_v he_o that_o live_v be_v the_o great_a priest_n than_o he_o that_o be_v dead_a give_v the_o prerogative_n to_o the_o time_n present_a why_o place_v you_o the_o prerogative_n of_o tithing_n and_o blessing_n upon_o the_o preterite_n time_n again_o for_o in_o bonis_fw-la praesentiae_fw-la quaeque_fw-la semper_fw-la optima_fw-la so_o god_n call_v himself_o i_o be_o still_o though_o he_o both_o be_v and_o shall_v be_v even_o so_o though_o it_o be_v true_a that_o melchisedec_n decimavit_fw-la tithe_v bless_v in_o the_o preterite_n yet_o that_o momentary_a praeterite_fw-la in_o that_o one_o only_a tithing_n can_v have_v no_o prerogative_n over_o aaron_n present_n and_o two_o thousand_o year_n stand_v and_o how_o shall_v he_o be_v a_o great_a priest_n that_o take_v than_o he_o that_o take_v see_v you_o make_v he_o that_o live_v great_a than_o he_o that_o die_v these_o can_v both_o hold_v neither_o can_v you_o imagine_v how_o to_o make_v he_o a_o priest_n for_o ever_o by_o this_o text_n unless_o he_o perform_v for_o ever_o such_o point_n as_o be_v in_o this_o text_n record_v proper_a to_o his_o priesthood_n and_o these_o be_v only_a blessing_n and_o tithe_n to_o divide_v these_o i_o think_v very_o it_o go_v against_o all_o the_o course_n of_o these_o text_n but_o i_o still_o submit_v myself_o and_o more_o of_o this_o afterward_o and_o albeit_o david_n prophecy_n prove_v he_o a_o priest_n yet_o paul_n here_o prove_v even_o the_o performance_n of_o that_o prophecy_n from_o two_o propriety_n of_o all_o priesthood_n blessing_n and_o tithe_n competent_a to_o no_o call_v but_o priesthood_n and_o so_o reciproke_v with_o all_o priesthood_n else_o how_o shall_v we_o more_o have_v apply_v that_o prophecy_n than_o moses_n history_n gen._n 14._o if_o paul_n have_v be_v silent_a chap._n vi_o §._o iii_o abraham_n type_v all_o his_o posterity_n the_o seed_n of_o his_o faith_n as_o well_o as_o the_o seed_n of_o his_o flesh_n object_n true_a in_o matter_n of_o justify_v not_o in_o this_o in_o this_o he_o but_o represent_v his_o son_n levi_n by_o the_o flesh_n with_o who_o only_o the_o comparison_n be_v institute_v answ_n even_o in_o both_o the_o text_n say_v vers_fw-la 4._o abraham_n the_o patriarch_n give_v he_o a_o ten_o and_o vers_fw-la 6._o he_o tithe_v abraham_n and_o bless_v he_o have_v the_o promise_n and_o vers_fw-la 9_o he_o tithe_v also_o levi_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o tithe-taker_n not_o as_o have_v the_o promise_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o that_o i_o mean_v levi_n belong_v no_o way_n to_o the_o promise_n god_n forbid_v but_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v here_o the_o proper_a correlate_n and_o not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d then_o let_v we_o weave_v all_o these_o passage_n in_o one_o web_n of_o truth_n the_o woafe_n go_v thus_o disjoin_v in_o tithing_n the_o patriarch_n and_o bless_v he_o that_o have_v the_o promise_n but_o the_o perfect_a web_n must_v be_v thus_o melchisedec_n both_o tithe_v and_o bless_v the_o patriarch_n have_v the_o promise_n in_o the_o second_o verse_n he_o first_o bless_v then_o tithe_v for_o that_o be_v the_o right_a order_n first_o to_o give_v they_o spiritual_a food_n before_o you_o exact_v their_o carnal_a a_o sore_a check_n to_o such_o sacrilegious_a both_o levite_n as_o do_v not_o and_o laicke_n as_o can_v give_v the_o milk_n of_o the_o word_n and_o yet_o will_v devour_v the_o milk_n of_o god_n church_n appoint_v to_o that_o end_n in_o the_o four_o verse_n tithing_n come_v without_o name_v blessing_n and_o vers_fw-la 6._o tithing_n go_v before_o blessing_n verse_n 8._o tithing_n again_o alone_o and_o also_o vers_fw-la 9_o then_o say_v i_o what_o more_o reason_n be_v there_o here_o to_o separate_v tithing_n from_o the_o patriarch_n and_o the_o promise_n then_o to_o separate_v blessing_n see_v all_o three_o be_v so_o syllogistical_o weave_v and_o interlace_v or_o shall_v we_o divide_v abraham_n patriarchship_n from_o his_o promise_n and_o bind_v the_o first_o to_o his_o flesh_n the_o second_o to_o his_o seed_n by_o faith_n but_o paul_n tell_v we_o plain_o that_o god_n make_v abraham_n a_o father_n of_o many_o nation_n 4._o rom._n 4._o and_o in_o the_o verse_n precede_v that_o the_o promise_n may_v be_v firm_a to_o his_o whole_a seed_n not_o only_o the_o seed_n of_o the_o law_n but_o also_o to_o oh_o seed_n of_o faith_n then_o see_v his_o fathership_n reach_v even_o to_o all_o nation_n we_o know_v the_o nation_n come_v not_o all_o of_o abraham_n flesh_n ergo_fw-la they_o must_v leap_v with_o lazarus_n in_o his_o bosom_n by_o faith_n ergo_fw-la both_o flesh_n and_o faith_n law_n and_o gospel_n levite_n and_o laicke_n peace_n and_o war_n be_v here_o bless_v and_o tithe_v in_o their_o father_n abraham_n by_o that_o priest_n for_o ever_o melchisedec_n if_o then_o we_o be_v justify_v with_o paul_n by_o faith_n in_o the_o word_n and_o work_n blessing_n why_o not_o also_o with_o james_n by_o work_n as_o witness_n in_o the_o word_n tithing_n but_o to_o clear_v his_o fathership_n better_a to_o who_o it_o belong_v neither_o be_v they_o all_o child_n because_o they_o be_v the_o seed_n of_o abraham_n etc._n etc._n 9.7_o rom._n 9.7_o that_o be_v they_o which_o be_v the_o child_n of_o the_o flesh_n be_v not_o the_o child_n of_o god_n but_o the_o child_n of_o the_o promise_n be_v count_v for_o the_o seed_n here_o be_v abraham_n fathership_n tie_v only_o to_o his_o faith_n in_o the_o promise_n and_o divide_v from_o his_o flesh_n but_o here_o say_v you_o he_o represent_v but_o levi_n his_o son_n by_o
what_o calling_n be_v he_o oâ—_n here_o secular_a or_o ecclesiastic_a m._n selden_n say_v both_o abraham_n and_o jacob_n must_v be_v priest_n also_o when_o they_o pay_v tithe_n true_n he_o be_v but_o not_o in_o the_o propriety_n of_o this_o action_n sin_n m._n selden_n cap._n 1_o §._o 2._o ad_fw-la sin_n but_o only_o as_o consider_v apart_o just_a like_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o category_n that_o in_o climb_v be_v but_o species_n and_o come_v down_o genera_n yet_o not_o so_o full_a as_o so_o neither_o this_o example_n fit_v better_a the_o subord_n nate_fw-fr priest_n of_o the_o law_n all_o of_o one_o order_n of_o one_o nature_n but_o abraham_n and_o melchisedec_n be_v never_o of_o one_o order_n of_o priesthood_n so_o though_o abraham_n in_o one_o respect_v a_o priest_n pay_v tithe_n yet_o here_o as_o priest_n he_o pay_v none_o at_o this_o time_n he_o be_v not_o so_o much_o as_o a_o priest_n in_o privilegiis_fw-la primogeniturae_fw-la bâ—ing_v the_o ten_o in_o n1_fw-la recta_fw-la from_fw-la sem_fw-mi now_o melchisedec_n and_o so_o he_o pay_v a_o ten_o as_o a_o mere_a secular_a sprig_n of_o sems_n root_n for_o in_o this_o priesthood_n by_o primogeniture_n be_v neither_o order_n ordination_n nâ—r_v subordination_n abraham_n then_o here_o go_v for_o a_o secular_a a_o prince_n a_o patriarch_n have_v the_o promise_n bless_a and_o tithe_v but_o not_o bless_v or_o tithe_n next_o i_o ask_v whether_o this_o solemn_a and_o most_o ancient_a action_n between_o melchisedec_n and_o abraham_n shall_v direct_v the_o after_o come_v law_n in_o the_o like_a general_n or_o if_o that_o perish_a law_n shall_v rectify_v this_o everstand_a action_n doubtless_o we_o say_v the_o former_a then_o see_v even_o this_o priest_n of_o god_n take_v tithe_n even_o of_o abraham_n the_o father_n and_o in_o his_o loin_n of_o all_o his_o seed_n why_o shall_v the_o priest_n under_o the_o law_n be_v debar_v from_o tithe_n come_v from_o seculares_fw-la here_o then_o we_o have_v the_o priest_n the_o first_o proprietar_n the_o levite_n therefore_o under_o the_o law_n be_v but_o as_o the_o priest_n servant_n in_o leave_v not_o the_o sole_a owner_n in_o enjoin_v and_o so_o much_o for_o the_o first_o sort_n of_o tithe_n whether_o they_o go_v all_o to_o jerusalem_n as_o scal._n affirm_v or_o be_v due_a to_o only_o inferior_a levite_n as_o i_o take_v m._n selden_n to_o say_v of_o the_o second_o sort_n of_o tithe_n for_o the_o feast_n we_o have_v no_o question_n with_o scaliger_n therefore_o we_o follow_v he_o to_o the_o three_o sort_n scal._n seguitur_fw-la apud_fw-la tobiam_fw-la it_o follow_v in_o tob._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o give_v the_o 3._o be_fw-mi to_o who_o it_o be_v meet_v he_o call_v it_o a_o three_o which_o be_v either_o to_o be_v call_v of_o the_o three_o year_n for_o say_v he_o it_o can_v be_v call_v a_o three_o which_o be_v one_o with_o the_o first_o med_n scal._n pag._n 67._o post_n med_n &_o 68_o add_v med_n and_o again_o pa_n 68_o so_o say_v scal_fw-mi this_o be_fw-mi in_o the_o 1_o 2_o 4._o and_o 5._o year_n be_v call_v prima_fw-la decima_fw-la but_o in_o year_n 3._o and_o 6._o be_v call_v the_o poor_n tithe_n etc._n etc._n for_o in_o the_o 7._o year_n be_v no_o labour_v and_o so_o no_o tithe_n i_o answer_v why_o not_o both_o a_o three_o be_fw-mi and_o of_o the_o three_o year_n the_o scripture_n give_v we_o the_o year_n and_o why_o shall_v scal_fw-mi cite_v toby_n for_o proof_n of_o his_o first_o and_o second_o tithe_n and_o disclaim_v he_o in_o his_o three_o tithe_n all_o in_o one_o verse_n again_o what_o proof_n bring_v he_o to_o make_v the_o first_o and_o second_o be_fw-mi both_o one_o in_o the_o three_o and_o sixth_o year_n and_o to_o divide_v they_o again_o in_o the_o first_o second_o and_o five_o year_n for_o see_v scal_fw-mi will_n have_v they_o as_o they_o be_v levite_n portion_n the_o first_o three_o and_o five_o year_n all_o carry_v up_o to_o jerusalem_n how_o live_v the_o poor_a than_o all_o these_o year_n and_o see_v he_o will_v have_v they_o for_o the_o poor_a these_o other_o two_o year_n here_o m._n selden_n plead_v for_o i_o how_o shall_v the_o levite_n and_o priest_n have_v their_o live-lode_n of_o these_o two_o year_n and_o i_o hold_v this_o for_o a_o ground_n that_o so_o long_o as_o the_o end_n remain_v 14._o m._n sel_n cap_n 2._o §_o 3._o p._n 14._o so_o long_o remain_v the_o mean_n devote_a to_o that_o end_n but_o levy_n service_n be_v the_o end_n for_o which_o these_o first_o tithe_n be_v devote_a admit_v no_o intermission_n but_o be_v yearly_o the_o same_o ergo_fw-la so_o must_v his_o mean_n be_v yearly_o the_o same_o if_o it_o be_v reply_v that_o levi_n be_v the_o first_o enroll_v even_o in_o these_o five_o and_o six_o year_n with_o the_o poor_a i_o answer_v first_o levy_n mean_n be_v here_o strange_o abridge_v by_o encroach_a of_o stranger_n fatherless_a and_o widow_n where_o he_o be_v at_o first_o one_o and_o all_o now_o be_v he_o but_o the_o first_o partner_n and_o yet_o must_v he_o abate_v no_o point_n of_o his_o service_n whereas_o god_n ever_o supply_v all_o such_o want_n as_o in_o that_o sabbaticall_a cessation_n of_o labour_v the_o land_n the_o sixth_o year_n yield_v three_o year_n increase_n but_o no_o such_o matter_n for_o this_o four_o and_o sixth_o year_n the_o partner_n but_o not_o the_o portion_n be_v increase_v so_o levi_n may_v abound_v strange_o in_o the_o one_o but_o beg_v strong_o in_o the_o other_o for_o all_o the_o beggar_n be_v thrust_v upon_o he_o second_o be_v not_o levi_n also_o enroll_v for_o a_o partner_n in_o the_o festival_n tithe_n yet_o will_v not_o scaliger_n for_o this_o frustrate_v he_o of_o the_o first_o tithe_n and_o yet_o junius_n will_v make_v first_o and_o second_o one_o so_o have_v we_o of_o three_o tithing_n a_o threefold_a confusion_n from_o three_o learned_a author_n junius_n the_o first_o and_o second_o one_o scaliger_n the_o first_o and_o three_o one_o selden_n the_o second_o and_o three_o one_o which_o make_v i_o rather_o simple_o cleave_v to_o the_o word_n of_o the_o text_n then_o thrust_v in_o commentary_n for_o the_o overthrow_n of_o it_o or_o practise_v against_o precept_n and_o observe_v there_o be_v never_o danger_n in_o distinguish_v these_o point_n but_o ever_o in_o confound_v for_o if_o we_o distinguish_v not_o that_o text_n we_o shall_v confound_v all_o three_o at_o the_o end_n of_o three_o year_n thou_o shall_v bring_v forth_o all_o the_o tithe_n of_o thy_o increase_n of_o the_o same_o year_n 14.28_o deut._n 14.28_o and_o lay_v it_o within_o thy_o gate_n if_o we_o give_v this_o word_n all_o his_o large_a extent_n then_o we_o must_v confound_v all_o in_o all_o all_o three_o must_v be_v but_o one_o which_o all_o man_n deny_v therefore_o we_o must_v still_o distinguish_v and_o if_o so_o than_o those_o three_o verse_n deut_n 14.22.23_o and_o 28._o speak_v of_o three_o diverse_a tithing_n see_v of_o tithing_n which_o josephus_n most_o clear_o distinguish_v year_n the_o english_a translation_n read_v all_o make_v it_o a_o three_o tithe_n each_o year_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n one_o to_o the_o levite_n another_o to_o the_o feast_n yearly_a a_o three_o join_v to_o these_o each_o three_o year_n be_v not_o this_o a_o fair_a witness_n for_o our_o foresay_a text_n and_o against_o joseph_n and_o tobit_n selden_n bring_v but_o targum_fw-la and_o talmud_n maior_n uter_fw-la another_o text_n deut_n 26.12_o when_o thou_o have_v make_v a_o end_n of_o tithing_n all_o the_o tithe_n of_o thy_o increase_n the_o three_o year_n which_o be_v the_o year_n of_o tithing_n etc._n etc._n why_o shall_v this_o three_o you_o re_fw-mi be_v term_v the_o year_n of_o tithing_n in_o the_o text_n since_o no_o year_n be_v without_o a_o tithing_n safe_a the_o sabbaticall_a unless_o a_o new_a accrue_v of_o tithe_n come_v this_o year_n above_o the_o rest_n as_o most_o and_o best_a interpreter_n with_o joseph_n and_o tobit_n do_v hold_v and_o see_v it_o bring_v a_o new_a end_n for_o fatherless_a widow_n stranger_n and_o all_o poor_a why_o not_o also_o a_o new_a tithing_n there_o be_v neither_o reason_n nor_o analogy_n to_o call_v it_o the_o year_n of_o tithing_n because_o two_o tithe_n in_o other_o year_n distinguish_v dare_v now_o confound_v much_o less_o because_o three_o new_a partner_n be_v thrust_v on_o one_o man_n portion_n laic_n on_o levy_n i_o confess_v i_o can_v never_o yet_o give_v a_o reason_n why_o this_o poor_a man_n tithe_n be_v cast_v upon_o a_o three_o year_n see_v they_o be_v at_o all_o time_n to_o be_v sustain_v but_o for_o the_o distinct_a nature_n of_o the_o tithe_n themselves_o i_o think_v very_o a_o simple_a eye_n may_v discern_v it_o mr._n
now_o this_o tithe_n be_v mere_o ceremonial_a be_v first_o a_o heave_v offer_v 2._o tie_v only_o to_o the_o highpriest_n in_o person_n and_o 3._o to_o jerusalem_n for_o place_n ergo_fw-la not_o due_a now_o second_o no_o proper_a succession_n of_o the_o gospel_n to_o the_o law_n only_a tempore_fw-la neither_o in_o person_n astrict_v to_o a_o tribe_n not_o in_o the_o same_o nature_n or_o order_n of_o priesthood_n the_o true_a succession_n be_v melchisedec_n to_o melchisedec_n where_o all_o thing_n past_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o promise_n not_o 4.13_o rom._n 4.13_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o law_n &_o so_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bring_v in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o intervening_a law_n be_v but_o as_o a_o drop_n yet_o of_o divine_a water_n too_o in_o the_o bottom_n of_o a_o basin_n appoint_v for_o a_o time_n to_o distinguish_v to_o divide_v nay_o rather_o to_o draw_v on_o and_o join_v two_o stream_n of_o approach_a grace_n the_o promise_n and_o their_o performance_n which_o meeting_n this_o drop_n be_v quite_o swallow_v up_o by_o their_o fullness_n what_o it_o have_v of_o the_o first_o fountain_n common_a with_o those_o two_o stream_n natural_a or_o moral_a that_o be_v still_o retain_v be_v only_o grace_v with_o new_a evangelicall_a garment_n what_o it_o have_v in_o the_o property_n of_o a_o partition_n wall_n rite_n and_o ceremony_n all_o evanished_a as_o mercury_n from_o the_o fire_n so_o tithe_n inheritance_n be_v of_o the_o first_o fountain_n common_a moral_a to_o all_o these_o water-work_n of_o god_n worship_n and_o therefore_o mix_v with_o that_o drop_n of_o the_o law_n can_v never_o be_v dry_v up_o but_o recover_v so_o much_o great_a strength_n by_o the_o meeting_n of_o those_o two_o stream_n as_o the_o performance_n surpass_v the_o promise_n and_o the_o gospel_n the_o law_n but_o say_v selden_n these_o consideration_n can_v only_o be_v ibid._n m._n selden_n ibid._n where_o the_o knowledge_n of_o fact_n proceed_v for_o without_o distinction_n of_o these_o several_a tithe_n any_o argument_n draw_v from_o they_o may_v soon_o be_v find_v a_o gross_a fallacy_n that_o may_v both_o deceive_v he_o which_o make_v it_o and_o those_o who_o he_o teach_v let_v the_o ingenuous_a reader_n think_v of_o it_o of_o this_o position_n will_v i_o fain_o have_v a_o better_a reason_n than_o i_o can_v perceive_v for_o our_o question_n for_o who_o will_v think_v that_o the_o truth_n of_o divine_a precept_n must_v rely_v upon_o knowledge_n of_o fact_n special_o when_o the_o fact_n must_v be_v trust_v to_o fabulous_a author_n in_o many_o thing_n indeed_o when_o the_o fact_n be_v record_v in_o the_o table_n of_o the_o precept_n there_o may_v a_o man_n argue_v reciprocal_o a_o causis_fw-la ad_fw-la effecta_fw-la and_o contra_fw-la but_o to_o bring_v in_o talmud_n targum_fw-la 55_o m._n selden_n review_n p._n 55_o and_o gemara_n to_o teach_v we_o from_o what_o they_o say_v be_v do_v what_o shall_v be_v do_v by_o the_o law_n 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two_o the_o pope_n confound_v and_o all_o such_o as_o do_v join_v sacred_a and_o secular_a public_a calling_n in_o one_o person_n yea_o i_o say_v further_o though_o a_o man_n be_v bear_v to_o secular_a lordship_n and_o office_n and_o thereafter_o call_v to_o the_o ministry_n yet_o must_v he_o live_v as_o have_v no_o inheritance_n that_o be_v he_o must_v abandon_v all_o that_o public_a and_o civil_a call_n in_o his_o own_o person_n as_o negotium_fw-la huius_fw-la seculi_fw-la discharge_v that_o by_o other_o and_o so_o derive_v it_o to_o his_o lawful_a posterity_n of_o his_o flesh_n himself_o stand_v fast_o by_o christ_n plough_n he_o must_v not_o plough_v with_o the_o word_n and_o harrow_v with_o the_o world_n the_o law_n than_o be_v not_o the_o patent_n of_o our_o possession_n §_o vii_o melchisedec_n be_v our_o pattern_n melchisedec_n be_v our_o patron_n melchisedec_n give_v our_o patent_n melchisedec_n take_v our_o possession_n the_o law_n as_o be_v say_v serve_v the_o own_o time_n 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melchisedec_n and_o therefore_o levy_n law_n be_v for_o levy_n self_n only_o for_o see_v our_o flesh_n have_v no_o part_n with_o levi_n it_o be_v hard_a to_o debar_v we_o that_o ordinary_a natural_a care_n which_o god_n allow_v all_o parent_n over_o their_o child_n the_o moderation_n here_o must_v be_v as_o be_v say_v ne_o implicent_a se_fw-la negotijs_fw-la huius_fw-la seculi_fw-la 2.4_o 2._o tim._n 2.4_o not_o to_o hunt_v with_o esau_n forget_v their_o call_n before_o both_o law_n and_o melchisedec_n the_o first_o bear_v have_v both_o the_o best_a portion_n and_o be_v also_o priest_n by_o practice_n then_o if_o a_o man_n now_o bear_v to_o secular_a possession_n have_v both_o wife_n &_o child_n which_o both_o have_v be_v and_o may_v be_v under_o the_o gospel_n but_o never_o can_v be_v under_o the_o law_n be_v call_v to_o the_o ministry_n must_v this_o man_n either_o renounce_v his_o mean_n or_o his_o ministry_n may_v not_o levy_n land_n and_o keep_v levy_n cattle_n this_o be_v a_o beggarly_a rudiment_n indeed_o a_o man_n then_o may_v enjoy_v his_o mean_n and_o the_o church_n censure_v his_o moderation_n §_o viii_o the_o moderatour_n in_o all_o such_o case_n must_v be_v only_a churchman_n who_o must_v give_v to_o every_o man_n his_o portion_n according_a to_o his_o need_n 13.13_o num._n 26._o â—4_n &_o 33.54_o 2._o chron._n 31._o neh._n 13.13_o so_o do_v god_n in_o the_o division_n of_o canaan_n give_v that_o tribe_n most_o which_o need_v most_o so_o be_v tithe_n by_o levi_n take_v and_o by_o levi_n distribute_v according_a to_o their_o course_n to_o command_v the_o people_n to_o pay_v tithe_n be_v opus_n regum_fw-la but_o to_o divide_v they_o vix_fw-la regium_fw-la equity_n then_o not_o equality_n must_v lead_v the_o balance_n for_o many_o circumstance_n may_v make_v one_o of_o the_o same_o call_n more_o or_o less_o chargeable_a than_o another_o the_o
here_o make_v leap-year_n of_o so_o many_o liâ—es_n to_o only_a spoil_n a_o sore_a spoil_n indeed_o a_o mere_a sacrilege_n so_o paul_n rise_v still_o from_o degree_n to_o degree_n first_o he_o give_v he_o a_o tithe_n of_o all_o second_o even_o of_o the_o spoil_n three_o melchisedec_n tithe_v the_o patriarch_n that_o have_v the_o promise_n four_o he_o tithe_v and_o live_v five_o he_o tithe_v even_o levi_n the_o tith-taker_n of_o all_o which_o nothing_o must_v be_v lose_v nothing_o confound_v not_o then_o a_o tithe_n of_o all_o and_o a_o tithe_n of_o the_o spoil_n but_o a_o tithe_n of_o all_o yea_o even_o of_o the_o spoil_n for_o all_o type_n and_o of_o all_o chief_o this_o must_v have_v ever_o the_o large_a extent_n of_o sense_n that_o nature_n or_o analogy_n can_v afford_v they_o they_o be_v fundamental_a thing_n and_o so_o must_v bear_v all_o that_o can_v be_v true_o build_v upon_o they_o this_o meeting_n then_o between_o melchisedec_n and_o abraham_n be_v a_o mutual_a type_n of_o all_o thing_n that_o may_v concern_v priesthood_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o must_v be_v extend_v to_o whatsoever_o may_v be_v afterward_o intend_v both_o for_o blessing_n and_o tything_n proper_a to_o all_o priesthood_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d law_n and_o gospel_n all_o time_n all_o person_n all_o thing_n for_o all_o end_n as_o at_o length_n before_o to_o tithe_n only_a spoil_n then_o with_o m._n sel_n here_o be_v to_o cut_v off_o the_o whole_a ground_n of_o the_o after_o come_v law_n for_o praediall_a tithe_n and_o to_o tithe_n no_o spoil_n with_o other_o be_v to_o cut_v off_o this_o very_a text_n &_o that_o of_o paul_n 6.6_o gal._n 6.6_o enjoin_v he_o that_o be_v catechise_v to_o communicate_v all_o his_o good_n with_o he_o that_o catechise_v he_o for_o many_o be_v catechise_v that_o have_v neither_o tillage_n nor_o pastorage_n all_o predial_a tithe_n be_v in_o a_o sort_n personal_n they_o discharge_v even_o the_o person_n laborer_n but_o all_o personal_a tithe_n can_v be_v hold_v prediall_n yet_o both_o be_v here_o in_o the_o prerogative_n of_o this_o type_n then_o if_o abraham_n have_v sure_o he_o give_v else_o he_o be_v not_o tithe_v if_o not_o tithe_v not_o bless_v but_o he_o have_v nothing_o save_o what_o he_o bring_v back_o say_v targum_fw-la this_o be_v doubtful_a yet_o let_v it_o pass_v all_o the_o question_n now_o remain_v but_o de_fw-la modo_fw-la habendi_fw-la it_o come_v by_o war_n yet_o his_o it_o be_v and_o his_o most_o lawful_o then_o abraham_n as_o he_o meet_v with_o melchisedec_n have_v it_o be_v now_o he_o ergo_fw-la abraham_n give_v of_o his_o own_o corn_n cattle_n trade_n and_o all_o trash_n do_v answer_v all_o both_o prediall_a and_o personal_a tithe_n that_o ever_o can_v fall_v forth_o hereafter_o they_o be_v the_o true_a typical_a increase_n of_o all_o barn_n and_o all_o winepresses_a of_o all_o peace_n and_o warre-trade_n else_o our_o type_n be_v naught_o and_o but_o a_o naked_a yea_o a_o very_a idle_a history_n and_o such_o as_o can_v draw_v those_o three_o hundred_o and_o eighteen_o of_o abraham_n household_n servant_n to_o type_n these_o three_o hundred_o and_o eighteen_o bishop_n of_o the_o first_o council_n of_o nice_n will_v never_o have_v refuse_v this_o extent_n to_o this_o type_n ambrose_n ambrose_n in_o tam_fw-la lucida_fw-la utriusque_fw-la testamenti_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d now_o that_o this_o mix_a tithing_n prediall_a and_o personal_a be_v in_o use_n even_o under_o the_o law_n it_o seem_v clear_a in_o that_o of_o the_o pharisee_n luk_n 11._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o give_v thou_o tithe_n of_o all_o whatsoever_o i_o possess_v will_v any_o man_n say_v that_o this_o one_o or_o all_o pharisee_n be_v labourer_n or_o pasturer_n or_o astrict_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o only_a tillage_n and_o pastorage_n do_v not_o jacob_n vow_v to_o give_v god_n a_o ten_o of_o all_o that_o god_n give_v he_o then_o this_o vow_n bind_v his_o posterity_n we_o must_v either_o say_v god_n give_v we_o nothing_o but_o prediall_a thing_n which_o be_v false_o or_o we_o must_v pay_v of_o personal_a thing_n as_o he_o give_v we_o they_o it_o go_v sure_a as_o proper_o for_o all_o trade_n as_o all_o ploughman_n and_o every_o soul_n have_v be_v bind_v to_o say_v with_o this_o pharisee_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o hold_v both_o in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d what_o the_o law_n do_v build_v must_v have_v for_o foundation_n abraham_n practice_n and_o jacobs_n vow_n to_o astrict_n this_o typical_a tithe_n then_o to_o only_a war_n here_o and_o only_a spoil_n be_v to_o give_v the_o blessing_n also_o to_o war_n and_o spoil_n only_o and_o so_o to_o make_v only_a david_n and_o not_o solomon_n the_o seed_n of_o abraham_n the_o patriarch_n here_o bless_v and_o tithe_v turn_v that_o royal_a word_n beatipacifici_fw-la in_fw-la beati_fw-la polemici_fw-la but_o the_o current_n of_o our_o text_n as_o we_o first_o observe_v be_v quite_o contrary_a the_o tither_n here_o be_v first_o king_n of_o righteousness_n then_o king_n of_o peace_n in_o a_o word_n of_o war_n and_o peace_n and_o so_o tithe_v abraham_n after_o a_o war_n in_o peace_n so_o though_o all_o come_v as_o ex_fw-la praeda_fw-la yet_o do_v they_o answer_v praedia_fw-la whether_o we_o march_v a_o warfare_n in_o our_o conquer_a word_n dieu_fw-fr et_fw-fr mon_fw-fr droict_n if_o god_n maintain_v our_o right_n he_o must_v not_o loose_v his_o own_o right_n or_o be_v we_o settle_v in_o salem_n with_o beati_fw-la pacifici_fw-la we_o must_v be_v also_o decimati_fw-la pacifici_fw-la melchisedec_n must_v bless_v and_o tithe_n abraham_n and_o all_o his_o seed_n the_o king_n and_o all_o his_o subject_n no_o exception_n 2._o m._n selden_n chap._n 1._o §._o 2._o the_o next_o passage_n of_o tithe_n be_v in_o jacobs_n vow_n etc._n etc._n as_o in_o gen_n 28.22_o this_o vow_n say_v josephus_n jacob_n perform_v upon_o his_o return_n 20._o year_n after_o into_o who_o hand_n he_o give_v his_o tithe_n appear_v not_o but_o the_o chief_a priest_n of_o that_o time_n be_v his_o father_n isaac_n etc._n etc._n how_o far_o even_o this_o history_n of_o jacobs_n vow_n be_v to_o be_v enlarge_v aâ—d_v couch_v under_o his_o grandfather_n abraham_n example_n we_o have_v note_v at_o laâ—ge_n part_n 1._o chap_n 8._o §_o 3._o but_o whether_o he_o perform_v any_o point_n of_o tithing_n as_o josephus_n say_v or_o to_o who_o i_o dispute_v not_o sure_o tithing_n be_v but_o one_o branch_n of_o three_o in_o that_o vow_n and_o all_o three_o neither_o be_v full_o and_o personal_o by_o jacob_n perform_v nor_o intend_v that_o in_o he_o they_o shall_v end_v good_a reader_n remember_v they_o from_o the_o former_a place_n for_o avoid_v repetition_n i_o see_v no_o necessity_n of_o exact_v any_o precise_a performance_n either_o of_o abraham_n practice_n or_o jacobs_n vow_n before_o the_o settle_n of_o their_o posterity_n in_o canaan_n and_o the_o come_n of_o christ_n and_o as_o for_o priest_n philadelp_n ad_fw-la philadelp_n there_o be_v never_o any_o after_o melchisedec_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d till_o the_o law_n come_v and_o so_o what_o hope_v of_o tithe_n pay_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d all_o these_o be_v but_o as_o caluin_n well_o term_v they_o nuncupation_n of_o tithe_n sem_fw-mi then_o as_o sem_fw-mi can_v be_v melchisedec_n they_o may_v be_v one_o as_o i_o hold_v they_o be_v in_o person_n but_o not_o in_o type_n sem_fw-mi have_v father_n and_o mother_n end_n and_o beginning_n and_o so_o father_v christ_n melchisedec_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o so_o figure_v christ_n of_o the_o propriety_n of_o his_o order_n there_o be_v only_o himself_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o christ_n the_o only_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o only_o be_v true_a scripture_n language_n so_o sem_fw-mi can_v beget_v and_o do_v diverse_a primogenit_n priest_n but_o melchisedec_n no_o more_o melchisedecs_n and_o in_o this_o respect_n i_o care_v not_o though_o ignatius_n hold_v melchisedec_n for_o a_o virgin_n philadelp_n ad_fw-la philadelp_n though_o sem_fw-mi be_v not_o and_o yet_o both_o one_o person_n but_o for_o such_o as_o will_v abolish_v tithe_n as_o mere_o popish_a they_o must_v first_o prove_v melchisedec_n a_o pope_n for_o tithe_n be_v old_a than_o peter_n in_o chap._n ii_o that_o tithing_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d every_o herb_n 7._o m._n selden_n cap._n 1._o §._o 7._o which_o be_v speak_v of_o in_o the_o gospel_n and_o observe_v by_o the_o scribe_n and_o pharisee_n be_v never_o command_v in_o scripture_n nor_o by_o their_o canon_n law_n requisite_a according_a to_o the_o opinion_n of_o their_o doctor_n who_o restrain_v the_o payment_n of_o tithe_n to_o thy_o increase_n speak_v of_o by_o moses_n
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