A85953:213
Gospel-revelation in three treatises, viz, 1 The nature of God. 2 The excellencies of…
Gospel-revelation in three treatises, viz, 1 The nature of God. 2 The excellencies of Christ. And, 3 The Excellency of mans immortal soul. By Jeremiah Burroughs, late preacher of the gospel at Stepney, and Giles-Cripple-gate, London. Published by William Greenhill. William Bridge. Philip Nigh. John Yates. Matthew Mead. William Adderly.Gospel-revelation in three treatises, viz, 1 The nature of God. 2 The excellencies of Christ. And, 3 The Excellency of mans immortal soul. By Jeremiah Burroughs, late preacher of the gospel at Stepney, and Giles-Cripple-gate, London. Published by William Greenhill. William Bridge. Philip Nye. John Yates. Matthew Mead. William Adderly.
London: printed for Nath. Brook, 1660
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Treatise 2 › Sermon 2: The Second SERMON ON The Excellency of Christ.
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Now for the second thing, and that is the Priestly Office ⟨p. 83⟩of Jesus Christ, Christ is wonderful in that, he is a great High Priest. In Heb. 4.14. Christ is there called a Great High Priest, Seeing then that we have a Great High Priest that is passed into the heavens; And so in Heb. 7.26. For such an High Priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the Heavens. A great High Priest, a High Priest made higher than the Heavens, this is the High Priest that we have which we are to exercise our faith upon.
Now for the second thing, and that is the Priestly Office ⟨p. 83⟩of Jesus Christ, Christ is wonderful in that, hee is a great High Priest. In Heb. 4.14. Christ is there called a Great High Priest, Seeing then that wee have a Great High Priest that is passed into the heavens; And so in Heb. 7.26. For such an High Priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the Heavens. A great High Priest, a High Priest made higher than the Heavens, this is the High Priest that we have which we are to exercise our faith upon.
1 He hath a Royal Priest-hood, for it is joined with Kingly Power, and therefore Melchizedek was his type. He was not after the Order of Aaron, but he was after the Order of Melchizedek, because it is a Royal Priest-hood, and so the Saints are called a Royal Priesthood; And Melchizedek is said to be without Father or Mother: the meaning is, He was not so as he was a man, for he had Father and Mother, beginning and end, but in his typical relation he was so, they were concealed, to typify, that Christ, as he was man, he had no Father, and as he was God, he had no Mother, and he had no beginning in his Priestly office, it was from everlasting, and it shall endure to everlasting. So he is a Priest for ever after the Order of Melchizedek, and not after the Order of Aaron.