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Show . ·.~ of· their King1.· L lB. I. bot onely thofe in whom fucceffion ~as broken.; and h h fir n. of the family was anointed for hts Sue- t ere t e · u. . • h h ffi pt-in cafe 0£. dtffentton, w ere t ere Wai cree- q0u!u' ed ex ac er enew. ed unction, for the confirmation of r. • ....._ l . his Authority. For this rea1on It was, nJat So om~n was anointed as we11 as David, becaufe of the finfe between him and .A.donijah~ •. · · ' ! • • Futhennore, saul and JehJJ were anotnted 1~l Bepac, WJ.th a cr· 11:.t~e: of OyJ, to fh.de w tdh e ill i~rt cont.t ~ nuance of . their Ktngdom~. Davr an So omon we~.e anointed ,,pg Bel{,eren , wtth an horn of o~l; that ts, in a plentif11l me afore, to ibew the long continuance of their Kingdoms. . . . . . As Kings were dt{bngutfut fro~ the. Pe.ople . by many Enfigns of Honour, by. thet~ Crown , thet.~. Scepter, their Throne, &c. fo hkewtfe were they d_tfiinguifhed by their Apparel ;. that was ~he reafon that Ahab entring into batte1, changed ~1s apparel, 1 Kings 22. 30. T·hough purple and whtte colours c V'aler. Max. were nQ.t appropriate~ unto Kings, _(c)_ ye 1 t 1 thef.edcbo .. lib .•. eap,6. ·lours were in chief eueem, and pnnctpa y ua.e y c Alex:.ab., th~m (d) yea Pur~>le above others was affected by ~A/3l:ep_,x; 0lt,b l· ' N" b'l" fR d h "t b h • the Emperou~s and o 1 tty o ome; an w 1 e y t .e Nobility of -the Jews: whence the Hebrews term thetr Noble men, and fuch as wereofbefr rank Ol,,n cho· rim Albatos men clad' in white; and ·on the cone t~a;y, ,men ~f ~eaner rank.,p':!nDn chajchuci"!, Soril di.dato1, men clad with afoul garment~ H~nce Is that of Saint. 'James ; . If there come. a man Wt~h· a ·go~ d · ring, and in gC?ody apparel- C... £c:7nT' AtttJ."'f~, ·tn a whtt: garment, a~d there co~e alfo a poor man, C,_PuiKtl.fef. i~nTI,.,in a vtleor !,()Ill ratmlnt, 1ame12. ~. · ThJsrn~y be th.e reafon, why, when t?e JewJ ac~f~d C·hnft of tr"'afoh Pilate bts Sould1ers clad hnn ·Jn purple, • 'lop " ' I .. J,JIItth, LJ B. I: Of· their King1, i3, Matt.h,. z7 .l g •. and Herod the TetrlJrch of Galilee puf on him a whitegarmenl, LH/te 2j.ti. both therein ap-plying thernfelves to the cuftoms of their own Coun· · try, and in derifion clothing him as a Ki11g •. . C H A p. V • . The IIigh. priefl, Priefts, leviteJ, a11d . Nelhini11JJ. • . T Here were three ranks and degrees ofMinifiers 1 about the Temple ; Priefls, Levites, and Nethi· nims; they may be paralleld with Minifler s, D.eacons,_ and SNb·Deacons, in the Primitive Church: Over all . thefe, the High·prie.ft was chief. - 1 n Aaro~t and his pofierity , was continued the fuc- · · ceffion of .the Pfirjis; the High-Priefthoodwas tied to- 3 Hi Sa · the line of his firfi•born ; all the refi of his pofierity do1 f~mm~;in were Priefls, firnply fo calJed, or·called i'ricfls of the fonte Jegitu, Je.con d Ord e r, ~ Kt~ ngs 2~. 4·• S8tutc1e rdLiJeJv iuen - 4 • Except .Aaron, and thofe that ifiued from his· s.Jo'nnrban haloines , ( in whom the fer.ies of Priefls was.continu- her, Sacn dto.s ed) all the renu. o f Levi h"I s ponu en•t y. wer~ ca II ed Le· fmumagmnlJlUt · vDee ~ · vite1 • . · /erte Ahen Ef- B h . h . h ·,a d h .f'L d 4 ot In t e Htg ·prte.;~-, an t e +;, • r4, Sacerdo, )Ct-on or InJ erzo11r magmu ip{lt eft , PriefiJ, there are two things confiderable. Fir(t, their Sac trdoum .. Confecr4tion •. Secondly, their office • . In both thefe~ ~:Jt~cr!J:,~:~ {omewhat they-differed~ in fomewhat they agreed. S~tcerdos Nn· . In th~ir Confecratio? they differed • . Fjrll, (a) T~e ~0~1 m~~::,er. Hrgh·prte{l was ll110tnled: the matena Is of thts qRia inferioruChrifm, or oyntment are prefcribed Exod. 30- ·l3. Sacerdores non I.t . w~s. p.oure. d ~pan .A4ronsib e a d, Lev'.t t• .B• 12. It ran 1&1ncge. bantHr , C 3 dow.n |