Priesthood
1.
The priesthood is in Christ appearing in the presence of God
for us; but this as to our place before God is perfection. It does not
therefore refer to sin in its daily exercise, but mercy and grace to help in
time of need. We enter boldly into the holiest. [i]
2.
I regard all pretence in any to priesthood, save that which
can be attributed, and which in scripture is attributed to all saints, as the
principle of the apostasy in its present form of development and the denial of
Christianity. Judaism had priests, because the people could not themselves go
directly to God where He revealed Himself; Christianity has none between God's
people and Himself in their worship, because Christians are brought to God and
have boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus. To set a priest
to go for them as one nearer to God is to deny the effect of Christianity.
Besides, priesthood has essentially to do with intercession, or sacrifice and
offerings: and in the Lord's Supper there is no sacrifice, nor is it
intercession. The whole idea of priesthood on earth is to be rejected,
therefore, as utterly contradictory both to Christianity and the act of
breaking the bread.[ii]
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