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Show 18 "'h:e Bigb._ Prieft, T'riefts, Levites, 6 ·c. L I. B. I. other Priefts agreed in thefe Parricu!ats : F i rft, they both burnt incenfe and offered facnfices, I Chron.6. 49 •. Second~y, they both founded t~e Trumpets, the ufe whtreof was two-fold ; {omeumes to found an alarm in the war, fometimes, to affemble the people and their R.ulers,-Numb. 10. Thtrdly, they both flew the facrifice, 2 Cbron. 29. 2·2 .• Fourthly, they both inf\:rutted the people,Ma/ac. 2. 7. Fifthly , they b<?th · judged of leprofie, Levit. 13. 2. · For the more oider ly Ferformance of thefe offi ~ d·EliMrhiJbit, ces, the High-Priefl had his Suffragan, (d) called tJD Sagan, who in cafe of the High· Prieft's pollution,performed his office. Of this fort was Zeph'an'iah, jer. S2a·. 24. And of this fort .AnnM is thought to have · e caf~d. •i- been, when C4iaphas was High· Prie() (e) In this fenfe ~~'d . rr1!j;,&·. they interpret AnnaJ and Caiaph.(u to have been s.caHgtr .jn { Hig.h•Priefls the fame year, Lui{. 3 ~ 2. The High· Prieft PrJle, •.• ,I.u ~ and his Sagan, refembled our Bif/Jop and fiis sujfra· ga• : The Patriarch of C.onftantinople and his Prim~re termed Protojjt~teUH·s, and amongfi the RofJtans, the Centurion- and 'his Optio : .. for the tievtena nt.t in war, who in cafe ofneceffity fupplyed the Centurions place, were termed Opliones. That e-very one of the inferiour Prieft.t might e-qually ferve in his order, King Davi.d diftributed the whole company ot them into twenty four ranks or courfes; called ~~t.flHeitU Turm£ vices. Nt!ldab and .A,bihu being dead, there·remained onely two fons to Aaron-e. namely, Eleazer and Ithcunar ; now as the fucceffion of PrieftJ was preferved inthefe two fa· ·milies, fo l.Hd David at this time according tn the number of pe~le in each family", make his divifion. Eleazer1 family be divided into fixteen ranks, and It hamar s into e.ight: the divifion was by Lol; the firH: Lll L 1 B. I. The High -Priefl, Priefls/ £evites, ·&-co' Lot fe~l.to Jehoia rib~ the fecond to Jedaiah, the third to Hatrtm,&c. 1 chron. 2 4· Every rank or courfe fer• v~d. weekly .in the_ Temple by turn , and the ranks received thetr names from thofe who at that t ime wer~ the heads of the feveral families, and ever after retatned the ilime nam<: s. The chiei of every rank wascalled, SummJts SacerdosifliluclaJjir: The chief P~iefl of t hat rani{; Hence it 1s, that we re*ld of many Htgh · Priefls affembled together, Mark_ 14.1. Further=' more we are to. note, that as the weekly con rfe fell - out by l~t, fo dt~ they by lot determine each particular Prtefls fervtce ; namely, who fhould burn incenfe, who flay the beafts, who lay them on the Altar, who drefs the lamps, &c. Zacharias was of the co~trfe of Abia, Lt~.fte I. 5. that is, of the eighth conrfe and his lot was to burn incenf-e, tr~4e r. 9• ' The office of the Levites was to pitcb, to ·rake down, to bear up and. down the T~thernacle, and the velfels . thereof. L .ev1 had thrte fans, Gerfoon Cohath and j}Jerari .: ana accordingly the whole c~mpany ~f the Levitcs. were dillingu~lht into 3 order~, Gerfoonites, Cohathttes, and lvlerarztes, The Gerfhonites charge was to carry the c!.!verin~s, an~ ~angings of the Tahernacle •. The chtef things Within the'Sanltuary were committed to th~ Cohathites. The Wood. work, and the refi: of the tnfiruments were committed to the charge ofth~ Mer4rites, Num.3. This was the office of the_L~vites, tn l\:'1ofe.r liis time, whiles they were on thetr JOUrney, 10 the Wildernefs ; but afterward whe~ they were fet!ed in · t~e promifed Land, then Davtd changed their office, appointing them, fame· to have the c~arge of the Tre~fures of the Temple • I Chron. :lO· 20. others to be <?ver :fcers and J11dges ; others to be !Porters, others Stngers) I chro11. 2 3• 4. ·D z - The |
