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Show t6 'I' he iligh· Priefl, p riep s; LAvites; 6-_c: • L 1 ~~I; h :fl. ~ad owed : the Crown ftgn·Jtied hts ·KtngZ, OC ffrit r w. atsh 1etu Vrim and Thummt•m ~ 2n d 1·k ·rc h" t ewt e ts Bell~:~d Pomegranates, his Propb~tica,/Office: by V · .rt·t n ·a nd rr:h-ummim he anfwered at from an Oracle ; .~. ,. , h. D J:). • b by the BeDs was typed tbe found of ts o~Lrtne; . y ·the p 11m graN ates • the· f weetfavour of an Holy L tfe ; the Names oft be twelve Tribes engraven on the· Epbod, and the Breft,pl4te, fignified his Prie.ftiy .Office_, pre .. tenting unto ·Go~ the whole churcb1 for whtch 'he maketh ioterceihon. He knoweth hts own fheep by ,-Name,1ohn 10.-3• The inferiour Priefls. ha~ ~nely_ four Garm_ents, which ,they ufed in thetr mtntftra~ton. ~.A /znnen breeches. z • .A linntn coat. 3• ..4/tnnenGtrdle. 4· A. . linnen bonnet, Exod. 28. ThiJ'dl]r they differed in their marriage' The High· prie.ft might not marry a Widow, nor a divorced Wo· ·man, nor a Harlot, but a Jlirgin, Ltvit.·l 1.14. From . a Widow he could not expeCt the jirft lo'lJe: from a di .- vorced woman he could not expeCt the flifl, er j u.ft love : from an· Harlot) neitberfitft,juft, nor on!J love : ,aU which C~rift (whom the Bigh-Prie.ft did herein re· ;,prefent)expefrethfrom his church. The other Priifis mjght lawfully marry a Widow, LefJ#.zi.7. 'The High·prie(i~ ~nd the Inf.eriour PriefiJ agree? in their confecration tn thefe parttculars. It wa-s,requt• ted firit, that both iliould be void of bodily ·blemifh, Levit. 2 r. 17 • Second I y' that both fhould be prefent~ ed unto the Lord at the door ot the TAbernacle, Exod. 29·4· Thirdly, that both fuould be waihed with wa· ter, E~od. 2~. 4. Fourthly, that both fuould be con .. ft:crated by offering up certain Sacrifices, Ex1d. 2 9• Fifthly, '"that both ihould have of the blood of the ~ther 1\.arn, put ,upon .the tip of the ri.ght ear, the thumb L -1 B. I. Tpe 'High~priejl, PrJijl/ Levitel ·& . b f ' ) c. l .7 th. uhm o the right hand, and the great to f h ·c. t E d . eo t e rrg t·100 .' xo . 2~. 20. In.the time of their Confecratim cert . .· ·r thefacrifice were put into the Prie'n. h adtn Eprecdes o Th . 'J"s an ' xo .29 9· e ceremony tn the chri{lian cht~rch fc db h • Bi;jhn op un· to thh eh M inilu+• er in time oford;,n a'1 r~o re~) t' ha Yt th.e t e B1J,~op gtvet t e Bible into the hands of the M. Vi . doth much refemble this And both rna· fi ·.fin~, hr, no man taketh thi~ hon~ur unto himfce]yf. bgntt· he)that .. 11 d f _. . , u e t at ts ca e o Gou, as was Aaron Heb S 4 H c er at ion in the He6rew phrafe i; terr~ted • F · ~~~ce ~;11/f· h d A d . . ' tut1Jg t!J ttJt fan • . n ~lodnthrary ·~?dthhts dtd J ero!loams Priejll) who· oe-ver wou , e·Fiue · is own httnd I ·K · that is, He.t~rufl himfelf into the Priif, hooJng. 13 • 3 3· . In the dtfcharge ot their offices, the Hi h:Prien. dtffered ·from the other Priefls : Firfi, be~aufe fi~ onel y ,, and that but once a year' entred into the IL I _ ofHoltes, Exod. 16. 34· , 1Jl) Secondly,the High:Priijl migh~ not mourn for the , death ofhts neereft ktn ~ Levit· 2 "• · x,..,... ,, 1 1 · Th e ph ratre. s ufed. thehr e to edx pSr efs mourning are two, . Ft·run,. unco• vertng t e He a . ~coodly ,Renting the Cloaths:Ofboth tbh etf e fomew.hat ths fIp oken. in t.h e Chapter of Bu rt·a 1 ., u . concerning t e atter tt wtll nor be amifs ·to-not ~hat the Talmu.d~lls determine the matter thus ; fa e: tng, (e) That 1~ was lawful for the High· p1iefl to te~r . tthhe bs kfcn t, odr neuher pa. rt of his Garment ' b t f e Vttle cu,~~m U rom de rep, Heb.lth. e o om o:vnward tt was unlawful : Vihich jf it 2.cap 3• . be true! then It doth not neceifarily follow, that Cai-aphas dtd contrary ~o the law in renting bis clothes. Matth ~ 6. 65. The tnferiour Priefls might mourn for t~efe fix ; Father' Mother, SOli, Daughter' 'Brother' and Sifter, tha~ hlld no H1uband. Levit. 2 1. ~. I n·the dtfcharge-of their Offices:)theHigh~Prieft,anrl . D ·others |