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The quarrel of the covenant, with the pacification of the quarrel. Delivered in three…The quarrell of the covenant, with the pacification of the quarrell. Delivered in three…
The quarrel of the covenant, with the pacification of the quarrel. Delivered in three sermons on Levit. 26. 25. and Jere. 50. 5. / By Thomas Case, preacher of the Word in Milk-street, London; and one of the Assembly of Divines.The quarrell of the covenant, with the pacification of the quarrell. Delivered in three sermons on Levit. 26. 25. and Jere. 50. 5. / By Thomas Case, preacher of the Word in Milk-street, London; and one of the Assembly of Divines.
London: printed for Luke Fawne, 1643
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Sermons › Sermon 1: The first Sermon Preached at Laurence Church, on the Fast-day, Septem. 27. 1643.
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Now consider then I beseech you, how excellent that Covenant must be above all others; the matter whereof gave excellency to the very Priesthood of Christ himself, and lifted it up above all other Priesthoods: For as the Apostle reasons concerning Abraham and Melchizedek. That Melchizedek was greater then Abraham, because he blessed him.
Now consider then I beseech you, how excellent that Covenant must be above all others; the matter whereof gave excellency to the very Priesthood of Christ himself, and lifted it up above all other Priesthoods: For as the Apostle reasons concerning Abraham and Melchisedeck. That Melchisideck was greater then Abraham, because he blessed him.
Heb 7.7. For without question, the lesser is blessed of the better.
So may I in some sense argue the excellency of this Covenant above the Priesthood of Christ, in as much as this Covenant gives excellency to this Priesthood. — He hath obtained a more excellent Priesthood, by how much he is Mediator of a better Covenant.
So may I in some sence argue the excellency of this Covenant above the Priesthood of Christ, in as much as this Covenant gives excellency to this Priesthood. — He hath obtained a more excellent Priesthood, by how much he is Mediator of a better Covenant.