History of Presbyteriant’sm

ing you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.” Josh. xxiii: 14.

Thus, then, God respected the veracity of his oath, under which he made those promises to the patri- archal head of all those who are thus solemnly ap« pcaled to by him who was their leader until all was fulfilled; and as no one protested against that sol— emn appeal by Joshua we are bound to believe that the assent was universal. But I have signified that those promises were twofold in their nature—~that we must consider them both in their literal and in their spiritual meaning. The first applied to the natural seed, and to the kingdom which was of this world; and all the Mosaic usages, which faded, waxed old and vanished away; and the second to the Lord from heaven, who took on him the seed of Abraham, and was by the oath of God made a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. “Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, con- sider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus ; who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house. For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who builded the house hath more honor than the house. For every house is builded by some man, but he that built all things is God. And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after; but Christ as a Son over his own house; whose house are we. if we hold fast the confidence, and the rejoicing of the hope firm

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