...call of the Lord Christ unto this office is expressly asserted by our apostle, Chap. v. 4, 5. " And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron. So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest, but he that said...

...I sent them not, — Rom. x. 15 And how sh»ll they preach except they he sent! — Heb. v. 4. And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron. 1 Cor. xii. 28. And God hath set some in the church; first, apostles; secondarily.prophets;...

...builded the house hath more honour than the house. iii. 4, He that built all things is God. v. 4, And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God. v. 5, Christ glorified not himself to be made an high-priest ; but he that said unto him, Thou...

...This was absolutely necessary, since, as the apostle says, concerning the priesthood in general, that no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, and authorized by him to perform it, as was Aaron; so also Christ glorified not himself, but he...

...none but those who were qualified, called, and lawfully set apart to that work, as the apostle says, No man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron, Heb. v. 4. And we may conclude, that the moral reason of the thing extends itself...

...the former priesthoods, has instituted no other, the argument of the apostle is irrefragable, that " no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God." (y) With what effrontery then do these sacrilegious mortals, who boast of being the executioners...

...and stewards of the mysteries of God :"f and from that fundamental maxim of ecclesiastical polity, " No man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron. "j: Now the Church being a visible and well ordered society, we are necessarily...

...ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sinsh. And no man taketh this honour unto himself but he that is called of God, as was Aaron. So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an High Priest; but he that said,...

...he, " in Christ and lie " not,) a teacher of the Gentiles."—1 Tim. ii. 7.—his declaration, that " no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he " that is called of God as was Aaron." Heb. v. 4. see Ex. xxx. 30, refers evidently to the Christian, as well as to the...

...we can be satisfied of the validity of his commission. Now we are assured, that * Heb. xi. 10. M 4 " no man taketh this honour unto himself, " but he that is called of God, as was " Aaron";" — and we can conceive but two ways in which this call can be ascertained;...