MELCHISEDEC.
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give the same authors views of the same
supposed mysterious character. Melchise-
dec, as found in his notes on the 9TH He
brews: commencing at the third verse
Without father, without mother, without
descent, having neither beginning of days,
nor end of life. "The object of the
Apostle. in thus producing the example Of
Melchisedec. was TO show:


lst. That Jesus was the person prophe-
sled of in the 10th Psalm, which Psalm
the Jews uniformly understood as predict
ing the Messiah. e s
Cd. To answer the objections of the
Jews against the legitimacy of the priest.
hood of Christ, arising from the stock from
which he proceeded. The objection is
this:


If the Messiah is a true priest, he mus,
come from legitimate stock, as all the
priests under the law have regularly done;
otherwise, we cannot acknowledge hin, to
be priest. But Jesus Of Nazareth has
notproceeded from such stock therefore.
we cannot acknowledge him foa a priest,
the anIe-type of Aaron. To this objection.
the Apostle answers, that it was not neces-
sary for the priest TO come from particiar
stock; for Melchisedec was priest of the,
Most High God, and yet was not of the
stock, either of Abraham (fof Melchise-
dec was before Abraham) or Aaron. but
was Gentle. 1t is we'll known that the
ancient Jews, or Hebrews, were exceed
ineIy scrupulous iii choosing their high.
priest, partly by divine command, and
partly from the tradition Of their common
ancestors, who always considered this Office
to be of the highest dignity. ~e


lst. God commanded, Q4eviticus, XXI,
lo.) that the high priest should be chosen
from among their brethren; that is, from
the family Of Aaron.


ed. That he should marry virgin.
Sd. He must not marry widow,


4th. Nor a divorced person. -a


5th. Nor a harlot. 1855
= 9th. Nor one of another na,ior.
) He who was found to have acted con-
trary to these requisitions, was jare diOiho.
excluded from the ponti6cate, or eligibility
to hold that Office; on the contrary, it wss
} necessary that he who desired this honor
should be able to prove his descent from
the family of Aaron; and if he could not
though even in the priesthood. he was cast
out, as we find from Ezra, II. 62. And
Nehemiah, VII. 63. To these divine or
dinances, the Jews>have added: a


ist. That no prosek kte could be priest,


ed. Nor slave.


Sd. Nor Bastard.


4th. Nor the son of Nithinnim; these
were class of men who were servants
to the priests and Levies, (not of their
tribe,) to draw water and to hew wood.


5th. Nor one whose father exercised
any base trade.


And that they might be we'll assured Of
all this, they took the utmost care 10 pc
serve their genealogies. which were regE
larly kept in the archives of the temple.
When, if any person aspiredto the sacrer
dotal functions, his genealogical table wa
carefully inspected. and if any of the abqyf
blemishes were found ia him, he wasrrr
llected


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