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The 23. Lecture, vppon the 4. 5. & 6. verses.
4 And no man taketh this honour vnto himselfe, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.
5 So likewise Christ tooke not to him selfe this honour, to be made the high priest, but he that said vnto him: Thou are my Sonne, this day begat I thee gaue it him.
6 As he also in another place speaketh, Thou art a priest for euer after the order of Melchisedech.
Tolde you, the Apostle here ma∣keth comparison betweene the priesthood of Aaron & of Christ: that so by conference, the dignitie of Christ might more appeare.
The comparison hitherto hathe beene in this, that the priest of the olde lawe, must necessarily be a naturall man: then, that he must do the worke of the people, in thinges apperteining to God: thirdly, that he must doe it with some sacri∣fice: fourthly, with compassion for the peoples er∣rours: in all which Christ onely is excellent aboue all other.
Now, the Apostle goeth forward, and yet she∣weth a fifte propertie of the high priest afore, and that is, that he was called of God, and thrust not himselfe into that roome & function. To this pur∣pose now it followeth: And no man taketh vnto him selfe this honour, but he that is called of God as was Aarō: then in the two verses following, sheweth howe in