For when God gave his promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, saying,

to whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of the whole booty: first, being by the signification of his name king of justice, and in fact king of Salem, which is, king of peace;

Now consider the dignity of this person, to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.

for he who was there mention'd was of another tribe, none of whom ever gave attendance at the altar.

so that even a single person whose vigour was gone, gave rise to a posterity as numerous as the stars of the sky, or the sands on the sea-shore, which cannot be numbred.

by faith Joseph when he died, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel; and gave directions concerning his burial.

when our natural parents corrected us, we gave them reverence: is it not much more reasonable to be in subjection to the father of spirits, in order to have life?