Excerpt from An Illustration of the Doctrines of the Christian Religion, With Respect to Faith and Practice, Upon the Plan of the Assembly's Shorter Catechism, Vol. 2 of 3: Comprehending a Complete Body of Divinity I. I am to thew that Chrift is truly and properly a Pricl't. This is evident, if we confider, I. That the fcripture holds him forth as fuch, Pfal. Cx. 4. And Heb. V. And other places of that epiftle. 2. Becaufe he exercifes the aets of the priefily office, in offering facrifice, and praying for his people. 3. Be caufe he was typified by fuch as were really priefls, as all the Levitical priefis, and Melchifedec. 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.