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      On the Priesthood of Christ . June 22 , 1816 . JN" tliis paper I shall place , at one view , before mv readers , those texts of Scripture which speak of Jesus Christ as spriest : I shall then compare them together , and with some other passages ; and , finally , I shall > tate , in a few distinct remarks , the

      result of my investigation . I . ( 1 . ) Heh . h . 17 . — " in all things it behoved him to he made like unto his brethren , thut he might be a merciful and jaithjhl ' high priest , in things pertaining to God , to make reconciliation for the sins of the people /' ( 2 . ) — in . 1 . — consider the apostle imd high priest of our profession , Christ Jesus . "

      ( 3 . ) — iv . 14 . " Seeing then that we have a great high , priesty that is passed into the heavens , Jesus , the Sun of Gody let us hold fast our profession . *' ( 40—iv . 15 . — we have not an high priest who cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities : but was m ajl points tempted us we are , yet without sin . " O . )— -v . 5 . —" Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest . " ( 6 . ) — v . 10 . " Called of Gody an high priest , after the order of Mclchisedee . " ( 7 . ) — vi . 20 . "Whither the forerunner is for us entered ; even Jesus in 4 a < Je an high priest for ever , after the order o £ $ J # * lchisedec . " Thus , too , vii . 15 , 1 ( 5 , & : e . ( tf . )—vii . 3 . —" made like unto the Son of Gody abideth // priest continually . " So verses 15 , " 16 , 17 , IM .

      (<)•) : -4 . —** this man , because he coniinueth ever , hath an unchangeable priesthood . ' ( , 10 . ) 1—t 26 . — " such an high priest became us , who is holy , harmle ^ , undefijed , separate from sinners , and made , higher than ttu : heavens . "

      ( 11 . ) . .. ^ ' 27 , 2 Q . " Who need-* , th nqt 4 ai j y ^ as those high priests f undpr th ^ Law ] , tp QrTer up sacrifice rir ^ t for his own sins , a * i d then * for the people ' s .: for this he diq once when

      Ije , qftcr ^ 4 up hiuKseljf . For the Iya \ v n ^ ij ^ th ^ rnjeij , high priests who Ijave infirmity-, but tnc . worll o £ iiJis outh ,

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      whiclxwas since the Law ,, mahefh the Son , who is consecrated Jor evermore . " So x . 11 —13 . ( 12 . ) — viii . l . " Now of the things ^ hich we have spoken , this is the sum : we have' such an hi ^ h priest , who

      i » s set 011 the right hand of the throne of the ^ Majesty in the heavens " (! 3 . ) 4 . — " if he were on earth , he should not be a priest . '* ( 14 . ) — ix . ! 1 . — " Christ — an high priest ftf good . things to come . " ( 15 . ) ~ 12 . — " lu his oxen Hood

      —entered in once into the holy place , having obtained eternal redemption for us . " ( 16 . ) —x . i >\ , 22 , — " having an high priest over the house of C ^ od , I ^ et us draw near with' . 1 true heart , in full assurance of faith . "

      II . The texts tlms cited , may W distributed into foqrclasses : ( 1 ) iho ^ c > vhich simply represent Jesus Christ as a priest or high priest , ( 2 ) those which describe his qualifications in that character , ( 3 ) those , which speak of his appointment , to the office , and ( 4 ) finally , those which direct our regard to the characteristic excellence of his priesthood . r Vo the first class we refer Nos . 2 ., 14 , 16 ; to the second , Nos . 1 , 4 , 10 ; to the third , Nos . 5 , 6 , 11 ; and to the fourth , Nos . 3 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 12 , l . 'J , 15 . The alhision , in all the passages , h ^ ing to priests under former dispensations of religion , it will be requisite to h <\ & a few . texts from the Old

      Testament : Cjcn . xiv . ] 8 , 1 C > . — " Melchisedee , king of Salem , brought forth bread and wine : and fa ^\ vas the priest of the Most High God . And he blessed hi " [ Abram ] , & : c . ' * > Ifsalrp cx . ' 4 . Lev . xvi . 2 . — ' * the Lord said unto Moses , Speak unt ° Aaron thy brother , that Income not at all times into the holy place withia tlie vail 5 " See , likewise , vct . 1 j 5 ., Arc Deut . x . « .--, «« . the Lord separated the tribe ofLevi * tf > bear the ark of the cpvenant of the Lord , to stand before the Lord , to minister unto him , and to bless in his ngjrne , ' * Tlicse passages \ vijj ; explain , in par-

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1816, page 402, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2454/page/30/