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First London Baptist Confession of Faith · Chapter 18

Article 18

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1. This Priesthood was not legall, or temporary, but according to the order of Melchisedec;a not by a carnall commandement, but by the power of an endlesse life;b not by an order that is weak and lame, but stable and perfect; not for ac time, but for ever, admitting no successor, but perpetuall and proper to Christ, and of him that ever liveth. Christ himselfe was the Priest, Sacrifice and Altar: he wasd Priest, according to both natures, hee was a sacrifice most properly according to his humane nature:e whence in the Scripture it is wont to be attributed to his body, to his blood; yet the chiefe force whereby this sacrifice was made effectuall, did depend upon hisf divine nature, namely, that the Sonne of God did offer himselfe for us: he was theg Altar properly 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.h

Proofs

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  1. aHebrews 7:17
  2. bHebrews 7:16
  3. cHebrews 7:18–21
  4. dHebrews 7:24–25
  5. eHebrews 5:6
  6. fHebrews 10:10; 1 Peter 1:18–19; Colossians 1:20, 22; Isaiah 53:10; Matthew 20:28
  7. gActs 20:28; Romans 8:3
  8. hHebrews 9:14; 13:10, 12, 15; Matthew 23:17; John 17:19

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