{"id":"18.1","chapter":18,"number":1,"text":"This Priesthood was not legall or temporary, but according to the order of Melchisedec, and is stable and perfect, not for a time, but for ever, which is suteable to Jesus Christ, as to him that ever liveth: Christ was the Priest, Sacrifice and Altar: hee was a Priest according to both natures; he was a Sacrifice according to his humane nature; whence in Scripture it is attributed to his body, to his bloud: yet the effectualnesse of this Sacrifice did depend upon his divine nature, therefore it is called the bloud of God. Hee was the Altar according to his divine nature, it belonging to the Altar to sanctifie that which is offered upon it, and so it ought to be of greater dignity then the Sacrifice it selfe.","segments":[{"text":"This Priesthood was not legall or temporary, but according to the order of Melchisedec, and is stable and perfect, not for a","proofs":["Hebrews 7:17"],"refs":[{"printed":"Hebrews 7:17","osis":["Heb.7.17"]}],"note":null},{"text":"time, but for ever, which is suteable to Jesus Christ, as to him that ever liveth: Christ was the Priest, Sacrifice and Altar: hee was a Priest according to both natures; he was a Sacrifice according to his humane nature; whence in","proofs":["Hebrews 7:16, 18–21, 24–25"],"refs":[{"printed":"Hebrews 7:16, 18–21, 24–25","osis":["Heb.7.16","Heb.7.18-Heb.7.21","Heb.7.24-Heb.7.25"]}],"note":null},{"text":"Scripture it is attributed to his body, to his","proofs":["Hebrews 5:6"],"refs":[{"printed":"Hebrews 5:6","osis":["Heb.5.6"]}],"note":null},{"text":"bloud: yet the effectualnesse of this Sacrifice did depend upon his divine nature, therefore it is called the bloud of God. Hee was the Altar according to his","proofs":["Hebrews 10:10","1 Peter 1:18–19","Colossians 1:20, 22"],"refs":[{"printed":"Hebrews 10:10","osis":["Heb.10.10"]},{"printed":"1 Peter 1:18–19","osis":["1Pet.1.18-1Pet.1.19"]},{"printed":"Colossians 1:20, 22","osis":["Col.1.20","Col.1.22"]}],"note":null},{"text":"divine nature, it belonging to the","proofs":["Hebrews 9:13","Acts 20:28"],"refs":[{"printed":"Hebrews 9:13","osis":["Heb.9.13"]},{"printed":"Acts 20:28","osis":["Acts.20.28"]}],"note":null},{"text":"Altar to sanctifie that which is offered upon it, and so it ought to be of greater dignity then the Sacrifice it selfe.","proofs":["Hebrews 9:14","13:10, 12, 15","Matthew 23:17","John 17:19"],"refs":[{"printed":"Hebrews 9:14","osis":["Heb.9.14"]},{"printed":"13:10, 12, 15","osis":["Heb.13.10","Heb.13.12","Heb.13.15"]},{"printed":"Matthew 23:17","osis":["Matt.23.17"]},{"printed":"John 17:19","osis":["John.17.19"]}],"note":null}],"relations":{"flcf1644":["18.1"]},"diffs":[{"source":"flcf1644","type":"earlier","segments":[{"text":"and","position":1},{"text":"which is suteable","position":null},{"text":"Jesus","position":null},{"text":"as to","position":null},{"text":"a","position":17},{"text":"u","position":10},{"text":"effectualnesse of","position":null},{"text":"therefore it is called","position":null},{"text":"bloud","position":2}]}],"page":"B3v","leaf":18}