Christs Priesthood and Aarons.
THe Apostle in the Epistle to the Hebrews com∣pares these together, but so that he acknow∣leges and proves the Preisthood of Christ to be farre more excellent, then the Priesthood of Aaron; and that in many particulars.
1. They that are the Sons of Levi,* 1.1 who recieve the Office of the Priesthood have a commandement to take Tythes of the people according to the Law, that is, of their brethren:* 1.2 but He, whose descent is not reckoned from them, received Tythes,* 1.3 of Abraham: and so Levi, who received Tythes, payd Tythes in Abraham: for He was in the loines of Abraham,* 1.4 when Melchisedech met him.
2. Aaron came of Levi: but He, of whom these things are spoken, sayes the Apostle, pertains to another Tribe,* 1.5 of which no man gave attendance at the Altar, for its mani∣fest, that our Lord sprang out of Judah,* 1.6 of which Tribe Mo∣ses spake nothing concerning the Priesthood.
3.* 1.7 Those Priests were made after the Law of a car∣nal