A continuation of the exposition of the Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the…

The Opposition and Difference lies in the Qualification and Properties of them ¹by whom they are received. For (1.) Those on the one side, that is, of the Levitical Priesthood were [Greek or Hebrew]; Homines qui moriuntur, or homines morientes; Men that dye, dying men; that is, Men subject unto Death, Mortal men, who lived and dyed in the Discharge of their Office, according unto the Common Laws of Mortality. And the Observation of Schlictingius on these words is as far as I can understand Useless unto his own Design, much more to the Apostles. Notandum vero quod non mortalibus hominibus, sed morientibus tantum Melchisedecum Author opponat, nec immortalem eum esse, sed vivere dicit; vita autem non mortalitati sed morti proprie opponitur. Something is aimed at in way of Security unto another Opinion, namely, that all men were Created in a state of Mortality without respect unto Sin. But nothing is gotten by this Subtlety. For by Dying men the Apostle intends not Men that were actually dying, as it were at the point of Death. For in that Condition the Priests could neither execute their Office nor receive Tithes of the People. Only he describes such Persons as in the whole course of their Ministry were liable unto Death from the Common Condition of Mortality, and in their several Seasons dyed accordingly. Wherefore dying men, or men Subject to Death, and Mortal men are in this case the same. And although Life as to the Principle of it be opposed unto Death, yet as unto a continual Duration, the thing here intended by the Apostle, it is opposed unto Mortality, or an obnoxiousness unto Death. For a Representation is designed of him who was made a Priest not after the Law of a Carnal Commandment, but after the Power of an endless Life. Wherefore, saith the Apostle, those who received Tithes after the Law, were all of them Mortal men, that had both Beginning of Days and End of Life. So the Death of Aaron the first of them, and in him of all his Successors is Recorded in the Scripture.

The Opposition and Difference lyes in the Qualification and Properties of them ¹by whom they are received. For (1.) Those on the one side, that is, of the Levitical Priesthood were 〈non-Latin alphabet〉; Homines qui moriuntur, or homines morientes; Men that dye, dying men; that is, Men subject unto Death, Mortal men, who lived and dyed in the Discharge of their Office, according unto the Common Laws of Mortality. And the Observation of Schlictingius on these words is as far as I can understand Useless unto his own Design, much more to the Apostles. Notandum vero quod non mortalibus hominibus, sed morientibus tantum Melchisedecum Author opponat, nec immortalem eum esse, sed vivere dicit; vita autem non mortalitati sed morti proprie opponitur. Something is aimed at in way of Security unto another Opinion, namely, that all men were Created in a state of Mortality without respect unto Sin. But nothing is gotten by this Subtility. For by Dying men the Apostle intends not Men that were actually dying, as it were at the point of Death. For in that Condition the Priests could neither execute their Office nor receive Tithes of the People. Only he describes such Persons as in the whole course of their Ministry were liable unto Death from the Common Condition of Mortality, and in their several Seasons dyed accordingly. Wherefore dying men, or men Subject to Death, and Mortal men are in this case the same. And although Life as to the Principle of it be opposed unto Death, yet as unto a continual Duration, the thing here intended by the Apostle, it is opposed unto Mortality, or an obnoxiousness unto Death. For a Representation is designed of him who was made a Priest not after the Law of a Carnal Commandment, but after the Power of an endless Life. Wherefore, saith the Apostle, those who received Tithes after the Law, were all of them Mortal men, that had both Beginning of Days and End of Life. So the Death of Aaron the first of them, and in him of all his Successors is Recorded in the Scripture.