Excerpt from An Illustration of the Doctrines of the Christian Religion, With Respect to Faith and Practice, Vol. 2 of 3: Upon the Plan of the Assembly's Shorter Catechism, Comprehending a Complete Body of Divinity Name, Christ being the true King of righteous nem, ' and Kin of peace, ' in which respect Melchisedec was only a type of m, Heb. Vu. 2. In their original; ver. 3. Melchisedec is represented as without father, without mother, without descent, having no beginning of days nothing being recorded of his birth and parentage, he is like an immortal. In this he was a notable type ofchrist, who had no father as man, no mother as God, was God himself from ete and his goings forth were of old, from ever lasting. (3. In their continuance, because Melchisedec's death is no where recorded, ver. But is represented as one who liveth. So Christ our lit Priest liveth for ever, to. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.