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whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel; and the Holy Ghost was upon him, Luke ii. 25. If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, Phil. ii. 1. Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work, 2 Thess. ii. 16, 17. See also on Rom. xv. ver. 5. clause 2.

By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith, Heb. xi. 7. Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar, Gen. xix. 22. Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares. And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment. And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for refuge. Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge. These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any person upawares may flee thither, Numb. xxxv. 11-15. That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood, Josh. xx. 3. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble, Psal. xlvi. 1. Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us, Selah. Ixii. 8. Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment. And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest;

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as rivers of water in a dry place, as
the shadow of a great rock in a weary
land, Isa. xxxii. 1, 2. Turn you to
the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope:
even to-day do I declare that I will
render double unto thee, Zech. ix. 12.
But when he saw many of the Phari-
sees and Sadducees come to his bap-
tism, he said unto them, O genera-
tion of vipers, who hath warned you
to flee from the wrath to come? Matt.
iii. 7. And all things are of God,
who hath reconciled us to himself by
Jesus Christ, and hath given to us
the ministry of reconciliation; To
wit, that God was in Christ, recon-
ciling the world unto himself, not
imputing their trespasses unto them;
and hath committed unto us the word
of reconciliation. Now then we are
ambassadors for Christ, as though
God did beseech you by us: we pray
you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled
to God. For he hath made him to
be sin for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the righteousness
of God in him, 2 Cor. v. 18-21. And
to wait for his Son from heaven, whom
he raised from the dead, even Jesus,
which delivered us from the wrath to
come.

dThen tidings came to Joab: for
Joab had turned after Adonijah,
though he turned not after Absalom.
And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of
the LORD, and caught hold on the
horns of the altar, 1 Kings ii. 28.
She is a tree of life to them that lay
hold upon her: and happy is every one
that retaineth her. Take fast hold
of instruction; let her not go: keep
her for she is thy life, iv. 13. Or let
him take hold of my strength, that
he may make peace with me; and he
shall make peace with me, Isa. xxvii.
5. For thus saith the LORD unto
the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths,
and choose the things that please me,
and take hold of my covenant, lvi. 4.
And there is none that calleth upon
thy name, that stirreth up himself to
take hold of thee: for thou hast hid
thy face from us, and hast consumed
us, because of our iniquities, Ixiv. 7.
Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold
on eternal life, whereunto thou art
also called, and hast professed a good
profession before many witnesses,
1 Tim. vi. 12.

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e For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the Gospel, Col. i. 5. If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the Gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister, 23. To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you the hope of glory, 27. Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope, 1 Tim. i. 1.

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was sét before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God, Heb. xii. 1, 2. Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God, Rom. iii. 25.

VER. 19.

Ἣν ὡς ἄγκυραν ἔχομεν τῆς ψυχῆς ἀσφαλῆ τε καὶ βεβαίαν, καὶ εἰσερχομένην εἰς τὸ ἐσώτερον τοῦ καταπετάσματος·

a Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which bentereth into that within the veil;

a Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance, Psal. xlii. 5. Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God, 11. Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou desquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him who is the health of my countenance,

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and my God, xliii. 5. My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved, lxii. 5, 6. Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God: Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever, cxlvi. 5, 6. Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation, Isa. xii. 2. Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee. For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall, xxv. 3, 4. Therefore thus saith the Lord Gon, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste, xxviii. 16. Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit, Jer. xvii. 7, 8. Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace ; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all, Rom. iv. 16. And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies,

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we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life, v. 5-10. And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom, he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter, Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ

Jesus our Lord, viii. 28-39. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord, 1 Cor. xv. 58. Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his, And, let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity, 2 Tim. ii. 19.

b Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need, Heb. iv. 16. And after

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the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all, ix. 3. But into the second went the High Priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people, 7. By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; And having an High Priest over the house of God, x. 20, 21. And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the veil before the mercy-seat which is upon the ark; that he die not: for 1 will appear in the cloud upon the mercy-seat, Lev. xvi. 2. And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy-seat eastward; and before the mercy-seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times, 14. And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent, Matt. xxvii. 51. And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus, Eph. ii. 6. Ĭf ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God, Col. iii. 1.

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a For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings, Heb. ii. 10. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also, John xiv. 2, 3. b See on chap. iv. ver. 14. clause 2.

See chap. v. ver. 6-10.; vii. ver. 1-21.

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vants of the most high God, which CHAP. VII.-VER. 1. shew unto us the way of salvation, Ούτος γαρ ο Μελχισεδέκ βασιλεύς Σα- | Acts xvi. 17.

ö λήμ, ιερεύς του Θεού του υψίστου, και συναν- d And when Abram heard that τήσας “Αβραάμ υποστρέφονται από της | his brother was taken captive, he κοπής των βασιλέων, και ευλογήσας αυτόν· | armed his trained servants, born in his For a this Melchisedec, king of b Sa

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own house, three hundred and eighlem, Priest of the most high God, a who And he divided himself against them,

teen, and pursued them unto Dan. met Abraham returning from the slaugh- he and his servants, by night, and ter of the kings, and blessed him;

smote them, and pursued them unto a And Melchizedek, king of Salem, Hobah, which is on the left hand of brought forth bread and wine : and Damascus. And he brought back all he was the priest of the most high the goods, and also brought again his God, and he blessed bim, and said, brother Lot, and his goods, and the Blessed be Abram of the most high women also, and the people, Gen. God, possessor of heaven and earth: xiv. 14—16. Who raised up the And blessed be the most high God, righteous man from the east, called which hath delivered thine enemies him to his foot, gave the nations beinto thy hand. And he gave him fore him, and made him rule' over tithes of all, Gen. xiv. 18—20. kings ? he gave them as the dust to

b In Salem also in his tabernacle, his sword, and as driven stubble to and his dwelling place in Zion, Psal. his bow. He pursued them, and passIxxvi. 2.

ed safely; even by the way that he "I will cry unto God most high; had not gone with his feet, Isa xli. unto God that performeth all things | 2, 3. for me, Psal. Ivii. 2. And they re

VER. 2. membered that God was their rock, “Ω και δεκάτην από πάντων έμέρισεν and the high.God their redeemer, 'Αβραάμ: πρώτον μεν ερμηνευόμενος βαlxxviii. 35. Yet they tempted and σιλεύς δικαιοσύνης, έπειτα δε και βασι. provoked the most high God, and λεύς Σαλήμ ό έστι βασιλεύς ειρήνης: kept not his testimonies, 56. I thought it good to shew the signs

a To whom also Abraham gave a and wonders that the high God hath tenth part of all: first being by interprewrought toward me, Dan. iv. 2. 0 tation King of righteousness, und after thou king, the most high God gave that also King of Salem, which is, King Nebuchadnezzar thy father a king- of peace ; dom, and majesty, and glory, and a And this stone which I have set for honour, v. 18. And he was driven

a pillar, shall be God's house: and from the sons of men; and his heart of all that thou shalt give me I will was made like the beasts, and his surely give the tenth unto thee, Gen. dwelling was with the wild asses: xxviii. 22. And concerning the tithe they fed him with grass like oxen, of the herd, or of the flock, even of and his body was wet with the dew whatsoever passeth under the rod, of heaven; till he knew that the most the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD, high God ruled in the kingdom of Lev. xxvii. 32. men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will, 21. Wherewith

VER. 3. shall I come before the LORD, and

'Απάτωρ, αμήτωρ, αγενεαλόγητος" μήτε bow myself before the high God' αρχήν ημέρων, μήτε ζωής τέλος έχων shall I come before him with burnt- αφομοιωμένος δε τα υτ του Θεού, μένει offerings, with calves of a year old: ingeùs eis'tò donvexéz. Mic. vi. 6. And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do

Without father, without mother, with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most

* without descent, having neither beginhigh God? I adjure thee by God, ning of days, nor end of life; but made that thou torment me not, Mark v. 7. like unto the Son of God, abideth a a The same followed Paul and us, and priest continually. cried, saying, These men are the ser- • Gr. without pedigree.

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a For he testifieth, Thou art a Priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec, ver. 17. And they truly were many Priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death. But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood. Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. For such an High Priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens; Who needeth not daily, as those High Priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did when he offered up himself. For the law maketh men High Priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore, 23-28.

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VER. 4.

Θεωρεῖτε δὲ πηλίκος οὗτος, ᾧ καὶ δεκάτην ̓Αβραὰμ ἔδωκεν ἐκ τῶν ἀκροθινίων ὁ πατριάρχης.

Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even a the patriarch b Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.

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a Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried; and his sepulchre is with us unto this day, Acts ii. 29. And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day, and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs. And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him, vii. 8, 9.

b And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing, Gen. xii. 2. Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee, xvii. 5, 6. And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had

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yet being uncircumcised: that he
might be the father of all them that
believe, though they be not circum-
cised; that righteousness might be
imputed unto them also: And the
father of circumcision to them who are
not of the circumcision only, but who
also walk in the steps of that faith of
our father Abraham, which he had
For the
being yet uncircumcised.
promise, that he should be heir of the
world, was not to Abraham, or to his
seed, through the law, but through
the righteousness of faith, Rom. iv.
11-13. (As it is written, I have
made thee a father of many nations,)
before him whom he believed, even
God, who quickeneth the dead, and
calleth those things which be not as
though they were. Who against hope
believed in hope, that he might be-
come the father of many nations, ac-
cording to that which was spoken, So
shall thy seed be, 17, 18. There is
neither Jew nor Greek, there is nei-
ther bond nor free, there is neither
male nor female; for ye are all one
in Christ Jesus, And if ye be Christ's,
then are ye Abraham's seed, and
heirs according to the promise, Gal.
iv. 28, 29. And the Scripture was
fulfilled which saith, Abraham be-
lieved God, and it was imputed to
him for righteousness: and he was
called the Friend of God, Jam. ii. 23.

cAnd blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all, Gen. xiv. 20

VER. 5.

Καὶ οἱ μὲν ἐκ τῶν ὑμῶν Λευὶ τὴν ἱερατείαν λαμβάνοντες, ἐντολὴν ἔχουσιν ἀποδεκατοῦν τὸν λαὸν κατὰ τὸν νόμον, του τέστι, τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὑτῶν, καίπερ ἐξεληλυθότας ἐκ τῆς ὀσφύος ̓Αβραάμ

And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, a who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham:

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a And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron, Heb. v. 4. And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may min

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