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two_o in_o his_o office_n 1_o he_o be_v king_n of_o salem_n of_o peace_n 7._o so_o christ_n be_v call_v the_o prince_n of_o peace_n isa._n 9_o 6._o not_o of_o a_o corner_n but_o of_o all_o the_o world_n and_o of_o salem_n that_o be_v of_o jerusalem_n psal._n 2._o 6._o i_o have_v set_v my_o king_n on_o zion_n on_o his_o shoulder_n be_v the_o government_n lay_v of_o who_o zach._n 9_o 9_o o_o jerusalem_n behold_v thy_o king_n come_v unto_o thou_o he_o be_v just_a and_o save_v himself_o poor_a and_o ride_v upon_o a_o ass_n but_o with_o this_o difference_n melchizedek_n bring_v peace_n earthly_a temporal_a but_o christ_n be_v our_o peace_n ephes._n 2._o 14._o by_o who_o we_o have_v peace_n with_o god_n he_o guide_v our_o foot_n into_o the_o way_n of_o peace_n and_o lead_v we_o to_o peace_n eternal_a so_o he_o be_v true_a king_n of_o true_a peace_n so_o be_v not_o melchizedek_n 2._o melchizedek_n be_v not_o only_o a_o king_n but_o priest_n of_o the_o most_o high_a god_n gen._n 14._o 18._o so_o christ_n be_v both_o king_n and_o priest_n king_n revel_v 1._o 5._o prince_n of_o all_o the_o king_n of_o the_o earth_n priest_n heb._n 4._o 14._o our_o great_a high_a priest_n this_o be_v not_o usual_a in_o the_o jew_n policy_n or_o progeny_n of_o david_n to_o who_o only_o the_o kingdom_n be_v promise_v neither_o will_v god_n admit_v the_o mingle_n of_o these_o office_n among_o they_o as_o in_o uzziah_n 2_o chron._n 26._o but_o as_o this_o dignity_n be_v reserve_v unto_o christ_n so_o be_v it_o dispense_v with_o in_o his_o special_a figure_n to_o be_v both_o a_o great_a king_n and_o priest_n iii_o in_o his_o original_n without_o father_n or_o mother_n genealogy_n beginning_n or_o end_n of_o day_n without_o kindred_n that_o be_v none_o 7._o of_o these_o mention_v in_o scripture_n or_o in_o the_o story_n of_o his_o life_n although_o he_o have_v both_o father_n mother_n kindred_n birth_n death_n yet_o the_o lord_n of_o set_a purpose_n will_v have_v all_o these_o conceal_v in_o 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