Observations, censures, and confutations of notorious errours in Mr. Hobbes his Leviathan and other his bookes to which are annexed occasionall anim-adversions on some writings of the Socinians and such hæreticks of the same opinion with him / by William Lucy ...

Sect. 4.

* 1.1It is a hard thing to prove a negative, and in Logick it lies upon them to justifie what they affirm against all the stream of Christian writers; but I will endeavour to repeat what others have said before, and argue it clear∣ly; first then, we may observe Heb. 9.12. it is said, that Christ entered once into the holy place; this word once inti∣mate's no more, no other time, but then; & this, a man might think, were clear enough; but they have an evasion; he entered once as high Priest, at other times before, he entered as a Lay-man; methink's they should say, as Embassador, to receive his commands from his King. Now, Reader, consider how unfit this answer is for their months; certainly, if then in the beginning he did go up to heaven in his Humanity, he was as much a Priest then as the Word, for he was not, nor could be, the Word by their Doctrine, untill he delivered the Will of God; that he could not do, untill he received his Commission

and direction from God; if they say, he had it by the decree and predetermination of God; it is answered, that undoubtedly so was his Priesthood, and therefore he was then as much Priest as Word; and if it might be said, the word was with God, a man may say, the Priest was with him, which that Text to the Hebrewes denye's, because it saith, he entred but once into the holy place, which was after his death, therefore, could not be said to do it before; this Argument, thus pressed, I have not read urged by others, and I do not know, how they can avoid it; well then, I know not of any thing more need be said to these words; we see them inconsistent with their glosse, and not agreeing to ours, who hold, that the word is eternally produced and with God.

Notes

• * 1.1

  His double capacity of Priest and Lay-man al∣ledged by them, dis∣cussed.