John Trapp on Hebrews 7:1
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Hebrews7:1
CHAP. VII. Verſe 1. For this Melchiſedech]
SOme make him the ſame with Shem:] Others ſay it was the holy Ghoſt, others ſay Chriſt himſelf under the habit of a King and Prieſt. It is moſt probable that he was a mortall man, and a Canaanite, but yet a moſt righteous man, and a Prieſt of the moſt high God by ſpeciall diſpenſation: And that Kedarlaomer and the other Kings that over ran the countrey, and ſpoiled it, forbare, out of reverence to the man and his office, to meedle with Melchiſedcehs territories.
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