for to which of the angels did he ever say, " thou art my son, this day have I begotten thee? and again, I will be his father, and he shall be my son?

thou hast loved justice and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy peers."

again, "thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thy hands.

they shall perish, but thou shalt remain: and they all shall come to an end like an old garment;

as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall never end."

and this is attested by a certain writer, who says, "what is man that thou art mindful of him, or the son of man that thou visitest him?

thou hast made him for a while lower than the angels; thou hast crown'd him with glory and honour, and hast set him over the works of thy hands:

thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet." now since he has put all in subjection to him, he left nothing that is not subjected to him. however we do not see as yet that all things are put under him.

Wherefore Christ himself did not assume the character of an high priest; but it was confirm'd by him that said, "thou art my son, to-day have I begotten thee."

as he saith too in another place, "thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec."

for it is said, "thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec."

by him that said to him, "the Lord has swore, and will not repent, thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec."

wherefore at his appearing in publick, he saith, "sacrifice and offering thou wouldst not, but a body hast thou prepared me:

in burnt-offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure:

after having said, "victims, oblations, holocausts, and sacrifice for sin, thou wouldst not, neither hadst pleasure therein," tho' they are all prescrib'd by the law;

have you forgot the exhortation which is address'd to you, as to children? "my son, despise not thou the chastning of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him.