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The Confession of faith of those churches which are commonly (though falsely) called Anabaptists…The Confession of faith of those churches which are commonly (though falsly) called Anabaptists…
The Confession of faith of those churches which are commonly (though falsely) called Anabaptists presented to the view of all that fear God, to examine by the touchstone of the Word of truth, as likewise for the taking off those aspersions which are frequently both in pulpit and print, (although unjustly) cast upon them.The Confession of faith of those churches which are commonly (though falsly) called Anabaptists presented to the view of all that feare God, to examine by the touchstone of the Word of truth, as likewise for the taking off those aspersions which are frequently both in pulpit and print, (although unjustly) cast upon them.
London printed: printed by Matthew Simmons, 1644
THE CONFESSION Of FAITH, of those Churches which are commonly (thou… › Article 18: XVIII.
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XVIII.
This Priesthood was not legal, or temporary, but according to the ordera of Melchizedek; bnot by a carnal commandment, but by the power of an endless life;c not by an order that is weak and lame, but stable and perfect; not for ad time, but for ever, admitting no successor, but perpetual and proper to Christ, and of him that ever liveth. Christ himself was the Priest, Sacrifice and Altar: he wase Priest, according to both natures, he was a sacrifice most properly according to his humane nature:f whence in the Scripture it is wont to be attributed to his body, to his blood; yet the chief force whereby this sacrifice was made effectual, did depend upon hisg divine nature, namely, that the Son of God did offer himself for us: he was theh Altar properly according to his divine nature, it belonging to the Altar to sanctify that which is offered upon it, and so it ought to be of greater dignity then the Sacrifice it self.
This Priesthood was not legall, or temporary, but according to the order