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fect, but the bringing in of a better therefore his arm brought salvation hope did; by the which we draw unto him; and his righteousness, it nigh unto God, ver. 19. But with sustained him, lix. 16. Seventy weeks out faith it is impossible to please are determined upon thy people and him: for be that cometh to God upon thy holy city, to finish the transmust believe that he is, and that he is gression, and to make an end of sins, a rewarder of them that diligently and to make reconciliation for iniseek him, xi. 6. Which said unto quity, and to bring in everlasting God, Depart from us : and what can righteousness, and to seal up the vithe Almighty do for them? Job xxii. sion and prophecy, and to anoint the 17. Oh that I knew where I might most holy, Dan. ix. 24. And whatfind him! that I might come, even to soever ye shall ask in my name, that his seat! xxiii. 3. Princes shall come will I do, that the Father may be gloout of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon rified in the Son, John xiv. 13. And stretch out her hands unto God, Psal. I will pray the Father, and he shall lxviii. 31. Surely, shall one say, In give you another Comforter, that he the Lord have I righteousness and may abide with you for ever, 16. strength: even to him shall men And in that day ye shall ask me nocome; and all that are incensed thing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, against him shall be ashamed, Isa. Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father xlv. 24. Return, ye backsliding chil- in my name, he will give it you. Hidren, and I will heal your backslid- therto have ye asked nothing in my ings. Behold, we come unto thee, name : ask, and ye shall receive, for thou art the LORD our God, Jer. that your joy may be full, xvi. 23, 24. iii. 22.

I pray for them: I pray not for the c By him therefore let us offer the world, but for them which thou hast sacrifice of praise to God continually, given me; for they are thine. And all that is, the fruit of our lips giving mine are thine, and thine are mine ; thanks to his name, Heb. xiii. 15. and I am glorified in them. And By whom also we have access by now I am no more in the world, but faith into this grace wherein we stand, these are in the world, and I come to and rejoice in the hope of the glory of thee. Holy Father, keep through God, Rom. v. 2. In whom we have thine own name those whom thou boldness and access with confidence hast given me, that they may be one by the faith of him, Eph. iii. 12. My as we are. While I was with them little children, these things write I in the world, I kept them in thy unto you, that ye sin not. And if name : those that thou gavest me I any man sin, we have an advocate have kept, and none of them is lost, with the Father, Jesus Christ the but the son of perdition ; that the righteous : And he is the propitiation Scripture might be fulfilled. for our sins: and not for our's only, now come I to thee; and these things but also for the sins of the whole world, I speak in the world, that they might 1 John ii. 1, 2. See also on John x. have my joy fulfilled in themselves. ver. 7.

I have given them thy word; and d For Christ is not entered into the the world bath hated them, because holy places made with hands, which they are not of the world, even as are the figures of the true; but into I am not of the world. I pray not heaven itself, now to appear in the that thou shouldest take them out of presence of God for us, Heb. ix. 24. the world, but that thou shouldest Therefore will I divide him a portion keep them from the evil. They are not with the great, and he shall divide of the world, even as I am not of the the spoil with the strong; because he world. Sanctify them through thy hath poured out his soul unto death : truth : thy word is truth. As thou and he was numbered with the trans- hast sent me into the world, even so gressors; and be bare the sin of have I also sent them into the world. many, and made intercession for the And for their sakes I sanctify myself, transgressors, Isa. liii. 12. And he that they also might be sanctified saw that there was no man, and won through the truth. Neither pray I dered that there was no intercessor: for these alone, but for them also

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which shall believe on me through their word: That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them, xvii. 9-26. And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand, Rev. viii. 3, 4. See also on John xiv. ver. 16. clause 1.

VER. 26.

Τοιοῦτος γὰρ ἡμῖν ἔπρεπεν ἀρχιερεὺς, ὅσιος, ἄκακος, αμίαντος, κεχωρισμένος ἀπὸ τῶν ἁμαρτωλῶν, καὶ ὑψηλότερος τῶν οὐρανῶν γενόμενος·

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a For such an High Priest b became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;

a If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron? ver. 11. Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an High Priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the

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heavens, viii. 1. It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us: "Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the High Priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others; For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself, ix. 23-26. And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins, for ever sat down on the right hand of God; From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified. Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before, This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. Now where remission of these is, there is no offering for sin. Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, By consecrated for us, through the veil, a new and living way, which he hath that is to say, his flesh; And having an High Priest over the house of God; Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water, x. 11-22.

b 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. Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? Luke xxiv. 26. And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and

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to rise from the dead the third day, 46.

For we have not an High Priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin, Heb. iv. 15. How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God, ix. 14. And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD, Exod. xxviii. 36. And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth, Isa. liii. 9. And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God, Luke i. 35. And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go, xxiii. 22. And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss, 41. Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man, 47. And he that sent me is with me the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him, John viii. 29. Hereafter I will not talk much with you for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me, xiv. 30. But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you, Acts iii. 14. For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together, iv. 27. But with the precious blood of Christ as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, 1 Pet. i. 19. And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin, 1 John iii. 5. And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things

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saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth, Rev. iii. 7. See also on John viii. ver. 46.

d See on Matt. xxviii. ver. 18.

VER. 27.

*Ος οὐκ ἔχει καθ ̓ ἡμέραν ἀνάγκην, ὥσπερ οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς, πρότερον ὑπὲρ τῶν ἰδίων ἁμαρτιῶν θυσίας αναφέρειν, ἔπειτα τῶν τοῦ λαοῦ· τοῦτο γὰρ ἐποίησεν ἐφάπαξ, ἑαυτὸν ἀνενέγκας.

Priests, to offer up sacrifice, bfirst for a Who needeth not daily, as those High his own sins, and then for the people's; for this he did once, when he offered up himself.

a And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins, Heb. x. 11. And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it. Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy. Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day continually. The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even: And with the one lamb a tenth-deal of flour, mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink-offering, And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do thereto according to the meat-offering of the morning, and according to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD. This shall be a continual burntoffering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD: where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee, Exod. xxix. 36-42. Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, My offering, and my bread for my sacrifices made by fire, for a sweet savour unto me, shall ye observe to

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he kill the goat of the sin-offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood, as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy-seat, and before the mercyseat, xvi. 15.

d How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? Heb. ix. 14. Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the High Priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others, 25. So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation, 28.

offer unto me in their due season. And thou shalt say unto them, This is the offering made by fire which ye shall offer unto the LORD; two lambs of the first year without spot day by day, for a continual burnt-offering. The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other lamb shalt thou offer at even, And a tenth part of an ephah of flour for a meat-offering, mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil. It is a continual burnt-offering, which was ordained in mount Sinai for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD. And the drink-offering thereof shall be the fourth part of an hin for the one lamb in the holy place shalt thou cause the strong wine to be poured unto the LORD for a drink-offering: And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even as the meatoffering of the morning, and as the drink-offering thereof, thou shalt offer it, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot, and two tenthdeals of flour for a meat-offering, mingled with oil, and the drink-offering thereof: This is the burnt-of-thy will, O God. He taketh away the fering of every sabbath, beside the continual burnt-offering, and his drinkoffering, Numb. xxviii. 2-10.

b See on chap. v. ver. 3.

And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty; When the sin which they have sinned against it, is known, then the congregation shall offer a young bullock for the sin, and bring him before the tabernacle of the congregation. And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before the LORD: and the bullock shall be killed before the LORD. And the priest that is anointed shall bring of the bullock's blood to the tabernacle of the congregation, Lev. iv. 13-16. And he brought the people's offering, and took the goat, which was the sin-offering for the people, and slew it, and offered it for sin, as the first, ix. 15. Then shall

In burnt-offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God. Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt-offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law; Then said he, Lo, I come to do

first, that he may establish the second. By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: But this man after he had offered one sacrifice for sins, for ever sat down on the right hand of God, x. 6-12. Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death; and "he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the trans

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gressors, Isa. liii. 10-12. For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God, Rom. vi. 10. And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savour, Eph. v. 2. Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the Church, and gave himself for it, 25. Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works, Tit. ii. 14. See also on Matt. xx. ver. 28. clauses 3, 4.

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a See on chap. v. ver. 2. clause 3. b See on chap. v. ver. 6.

c Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath ap- | pointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds, Heb. i. 2. But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end, iii. 6. Seeing then that we have a great High Priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession, iv. 14. So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an High Priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to-day have I begotten thee, v. 5. Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered, 8. See also on ver. 3.

d(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec, ver. 21. But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood, 24. For it became him, for whom are all things,

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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. And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him, v. 9. And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to-day and to-morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected, Luke xiii. 32. When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost, John xix. 50.

CHAP. VIII-VER. 1. Κεφάλαιον δὲ ἐπὶ τοῖς λεγομένοις, τοιοῦ τον ἔχομεν ἀρχιερέα, ὃς ἐκάθισεν ἐν δεξιᾷ τοῦ φρόνου τῆς μεγαλωσύνης ἐν τοῖς οὐρα νοῖς,

Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: a We have such an High Priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;

a See on chap. vii. ver. 26, 27.
b See on chap. i. ver. 3. clauses 6,7.
VER. 2.

Τῶν ἁγίων λειτουργὸς καὶ τῆς σκηνῆς τῆς àλndivñc, ŵv ëængev ó Kúgios, naì oùn ăvSewres.

A minister of the sanctuary, and of b the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.

*Or, of holy things.

a The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing: Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience; Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation. But Christ being come an High Priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building, Heb. ix. 811. And having an High Priest over the house of God, x. 21. And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his

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