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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17650	A commentarie on the vvhole Epistle to the Hebrevves. By M. Iohn Caluin. Translated out of French; Commentarii in epistolam ad Hebraeos. English	Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.; Cotton, Clement.	1605 (1605)	STC 4405; ESTC S107380	203,524	268

6.2 for the Apostle hath respect to that day wherein god speaks to vs. So that if to day we heare God speake vnto vs and we put off till to morrow the night will come with the darkenes thereof in which we shall not be able to doe that which now wee may neither will it boote vs any thing at all to knock at the gate when it shall be shut CHAP. V. 1 For euery high Priest is taken from among men and is ordained for men in things pertaining to God that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sinnes 2 Which is able sufficiently to haue compassion on them that are ignorant and that are out of the way because that he also is compassed with infirmitie 3 And for the sames sake he is bound to offer for sinnes as well for his owne part as for the people 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 himselfe this honour to bee made the high Priest but he that said vnto him Thou art my Sonne this day begat I thee gaue it him Psal 2.7 Psal 110.4 6 As he also in another place speaketh Thou art a Priest for euer after the order of Melchisedec NOw euery high Priest c. Verse 1 He compares Christ with the Leuiticall Priests and shewes what hee hath in common with them and wherein they differ Now the whole disputation tends to haue Christ his office well vnderstood as also to shew that whatsoeuer was ordained vnder the Law had respect vnto him And from hence the Apostle makes way at the last to shew how the old Priesthood is abolished First he saith the Priests are taken from among men Secondly that they offer not for themselues in particular only but for all the people Thirdly that they must not come empty handed to appease God but furnished with sacrifices Fourthly that they were not to be exempt from our infirmities to the end they might the more freely and willingly helpe those which were burthened all men are of one nature and flesh But now hee toucheth another thing to wit that the Priest ought to support sinners with compassion because he is partaker of their infirmities The Greeke word which the Apostle here vseth hath been diuersly expounded as well by Latins as Greekes For mine owne part I thinke it is simply taken to applie himself to compassion True it is that all which is said of the Leuiticall Priests agrees not vnto Christ For we know that Christ was exempt from all contagion of sinne wherefore he differs from others in this regard that he had no neede to offer sacrifices for himselfe but it sufficeth that he also bare our infirmities being notwithstanding pure and voide of sinne Thus as touching the Priests vnder the law then the Apostle saith that they were subiect to humane infirmities and therefore were faine to make reconciliation for their owne sinnes by sacrifices that they might not only meekly beare with the faults of others but also might haue compassion vpon them Now this part ought so to be applied to Christ that in the meane while wee must carefully adde thereunto that exception whereof mention was made erewhile to wit that hee bare and tasted of our infirmities but without sinne For although he were alwaies free from sinne yet notwithstanding the onely feeling of those infirmities whereof he hath spoken were of sufficient force in him to encline his heart to succour vs and to make him gentle and readie to pardon vs as also carefull of our miseries The summe is that Christ is not onely our brother in regard of the vnion of our flesh and nature but also by partaking with vs of our infirmities he is allured nay fashioned and framed to beare with vs and to bee very lowly and gratious vnto vs. The Greeke word which wee translate who can imports more than if wee should say in our common speech is able or is mightie for it is taken for one that is fit or capable These words the ignorant and those that are out of the way are taken for sinners after the manner of the Hebrues And of this we are to speake more hereafter And no man taketh this honour vnto him c. Vers 4 In this member we haue to note first the similitude and then the diuersitie of it The calling of God makes the office lawfull for none can exercise the same in good sort as he ought if he be not created of God This is common to Christ and to Aaron that both were called of God but in this they differ that in as much as Christ succeeded Aaron for a newe and diuers respect and was ordained to be a perpetuall high Priest it appeares that the Priesthood of Aaron was but temporarie and to be abolished Now we see the Apostles drift The right of the office of Priesthood was to be reserued to Christ he doth it in shewing that God is the author of it But this is not yet sufficient vnlesse it appeares that the auncient Priesthood ceased to giue place to this He proues it because we must haue an eie to the Condition whereunto Aaron was ordained a Priest for it lieth not in vs to stretch it further then Gods ordinance will beare and he will by and by shew how long Gods wil was this first order should last Christ then is a lawfull Priest because he was ordained by Gods authoritie What shall we say of Aaron and of those that succeeded him Truely they had power and authoritie so farre forth as it was giuen them of God and not as the same was attributed vnto them by the opinion of men Now although this be spoken in regard of the circumstance of speech which is here handled yet from hence may be gathered a generall doctrine to wit that no gouernment is to be brought into the Church at the lust and pleasure of men but ought rather to tarrie and waite for the commandement of God also that a certaine and set rule is to be vsed in election and choice of ministers that so none intrude himselfe after his own fantasie Church gouernment must not besquared according to mens appetites but by the commandement of God We must distinctly note both these points For the Apostle speakes not here onely of persons but also of the office He denies I say that office which men forge without commandement and the expresse ordinance of God to be holy or lawfull For as it onely belongs to God to gouerne the Church so doth he also wholy reserue vnto himselfe both the power of limiting the way and the rule of the administration thereof From whence I conclude that the Priesthood of the Popedome is a bastard Priesthood because it hath beene forged in the shoppe of mans inuention What one text of scripture is there wherein God commands that wee should now offer sacrifice vnto him for the purgation of sinnes neither

confirme this sentence That nothing is hidden in man which shall not bee iudged by the word of God he takes an argument from the nature of God No creature saith he can be hidden before God nothing then is so deep in the soule which shal not be drawne into the light by his word which resembles him that is the author of it For as it is the office of God to search the harts so doth he also exercise this knowledge and iudgement by his word The expositors not taking heede to this to wit that the word of God is as a plummet by the which hee diues into the bottome of mens hearts and searcheth and feeleth whatsoeuer is hidden therein haue offered violence to this whole text and yet were not able to winde themselues out But all the difficultie is taken away if you make the argument stand thus That we are therefore to obey the word of God purely and with a true affection of heart because God who knowes the hearts hath assigned this office to his word to pierce euen into the very deepest thoughts of the same They haue also deceiued themselues in the translation of the Greeke word which is somewhat ambiguous For they haue trāslated Of whom we speak where it ought rather to be turned with whom we haue to doe The meaning whereof is that it is God who offereth himselfe vnto vs or with whom we haue to doe and therefore wee are to take heede we dallie not with him as with a mortall man but to tremble as often as his word is propounded vnto vs because nothing is so secret which is not naked and manifest before his eyes 14 Seeing then that wee haue a great high Priest Verse 14 which is entred into heauen euen Iesus the Sonne of God let vs hold fast our or confession profession 15 For wee haue not an high Priest which cannot * or which cannot haue compassion of our infirmities be touched with the feeling of our infirmities but was in all things tempted in like sort yet without sinne 16 Let vs therefore go boldly vnto the throne of grace that we may receiue mercie and finde grace to helpe in time of need SEing then that we haue a great high Priest Verse 14 Hitherunto he hath spoken of the Apostleship of Christ now he comes to entreate of his second office For wee haue said when Christ was sent he receiued two offices that is of Doctor and Priest The second part of this Epistle The Apostle then hauing exhorted the Iewes to receiue the doctrine of Christ with all obedience doth now shew vnto them what profit his Priesthood bringeth And this is the second member of his disputation in this Epistle Now hee doth very fitly ioyne the Priesthood with the Apostleship in that he saith the end of them both is to bring vs to God He saith Then because he had touched this article also before Chap. 2.17 chap. 3.1 to wit that Christ is our high Priest but because the efficacie of the Priesthood is communicated vnto vs by doctrine onely it was needfull to prepare mens minds thereby to receiue Christ Those that professe themselues schollers in the schoole of Christ must learne what profit redounds vnto them by his priesthood as also the vse and end of it Now it remaines that those who acknowledge him for their Schoolemaster and yeild themselues teachable disciples vnder him doe also learne from his mouth or in his schoole what profit his Priesthood bringeth and what the vse and ende of it is He saith in the first place seeing we haue such an high Priest euen Iesus the Sonne of God Let vs hold fast our profession Confession is here taken for faith as before chap. 3. Nowe because the Priesthood serued to confirme the doctrine the Apostle gathers from hence that we haue none occasion to doubt or wauer in the faith of the Gospel seeing the Sonne of God hath ratified and confirmed it For whosoeuer holds not this doctrine for sure and stedfast he dishonors the Sonne of God and dispoyles him of the dignitie of his Priesthood Such an excellent pledge I say ought to giue vs so much the more assurance that without feare we may rest our selues vpon the Gospel For we haue not an high Priest c. Ver. 15 There is such a maiestie in this name of the Sonne of God which he touched in the former verse that it constraines vs to feare and obedience but if we behold nothing els in Christ our consciences would neuer be in quiet For who is he that would not feare the face of the Sonne of God especially if we consider what we are when our sinnes doe present themselues before vs Moreouer the Iewes might haue had another hindrance because they were accustomed to the Leuiticall Priesthood There they saw a mortall man chosen from among his brethren which entred into the sancturie that by his praier he might reconcile them vnto god For it is a great matter when the Mediator which can appease god towards vs is taken from among vs. This allurement might retaine the mindes of the Iewes in suspence and hold them alwaies tyed to the Leuiticall Priesthood vnlesse the Apostle had remedied the matter by shewing that the Sonne of God is not onely excellent in glorie but also vseth a sweet and amiable goodnesse towards vs. He staies himselfe then in this article whē he saith that he felt our infirmities that he might haue compassion on vs. As touching this word compassion I will not stand disputing too subtilly about it For the question which some make is no lesse friuolous than curious to wit whether Christ is now mooued with our miseries or not Truly the Apostle had no intent to busie our heads with such idle speculations but onely shewes that we neede not seeke farre for a Mediator because Christ reacheth forth his hand vnto vs before we enquire after him Secondly that we need not be terrified in regard of his Maiestie for he is our brother Thirdly that we haue no occasion to feare that he should not be touched with any compassion to doe vs good as if himselfe had neuer tasted of miseries for he hath borne our infirmities to the ende he might be the better inclined to succour vs. The whole speech then of the Apostle ought to be referred to the sense of faith because he doth not so much dispute what Christ is in himselfe but rather what he is in regard of vs. By this word of likenesse he meanes the agreemēt of the nature thereby signifying that Christ by putting on our nature hath also taken our affections not onely to the end he might declare himselfe to be true man but also that he might learne by experience to giue succour to the afflicted Not that the sonne of God had neede of such rudiments or instructions but because we could not otherwise comprehend in our mindes the care which he hath of our