ALL the Tythes of the Land, whe­ther of the seed of the Land, or of the fruits of the Trees, is the Lords, it is holy unto the Lord.

And concerning the Tenths of the Herds, or of the Flock, even of whatsoever passeth under the Rod, the Tenth shall be holy unto the Lord, Levit. 27.40. to the end.

Behold, I have taken your Brethren the Le­vites, from among the Children of Israel, to you they are given as a gift for the Lord, to do the service of the Tabernacle of the Congregation: Therefore thou and thy Sons with thee shall keep your Priests office, for every thing of the Altar; and within the Vail ye shall serve: I have given you your Priests Office unto you, as a service of gift: and I have given to thee the charge of the Heave-offerings, and thou [Page 2]shalt keep the charge of the Altar and the San­ctuary, and thou shalt keep the charge of the Tabernacle for the Congregation, and for all the services of the Tabernacle, Numb. 18.6, 7.

And the Levites shall be mine, I am the Lord, Numb. 3.45.

And behold I have given the Children of Levi all the Tenths in Israel for an Inheritance, Christ has dis­charged them of this Charge. for their services which they serve, even the ser­vice of the Tabernacle.

Neither must the Children of Israel come nigh the Tabernacle of the Congregation, least they bear the sin and die.

But the Levites shall do the service of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and they shall bear their Iniquity, this shall be a Statute for ever among your generations, that among the Children of Israel they have no Inheritance, (to wit, the Levites.)

But the Tythes of the Children of Israel, which they offer'd an Heave-offering unto the Lord, I have given to the Levites to Inherit, for they have no other Inheritance among the Children of Israel.

And the Lord said unto Moses, thus speak unto the Levites, when ye take of the Children of Israels Tythes, which I have given you from them for your Inheritance, when ye shall offer an Heave-offering of it for the Lord, even a tenth part of the Tythe.

And this your Heave-offering shall be rec­koned to you, as the Corn of the Threshing-floor, &c.

And thus you also shall offer an Heave-offering unto the Lord, Numbers 18. of all your Tythes which ye receive of the Children of Israel, and ye shall give thereof the Lords Heave-offering to Aaron the Priest.

The place which the Lord your God shall chuse out of all your Tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall he seek, and thither shalt thou come, and thither shall you bring your Offerings and Sacrifices, and your Tythes and Heave-offerings of your hands, &c.

And there you shall eat before the Lord your God, and ye shall rejoyce in all that you put your hands unto, ye and your Housholds, wherein the Lord thy God hath blessed thee. For ye are not as yet come to the rest, &c.— But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the Land which the Lord your God giveth you to Inherit, and he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about you, so that ye dwell in safety.— Then there shall be a place which the Lord your God shall chuse to cause his name to dwell there, thither shall ye bring your Offerings, Sacrifices, Tythes, and your Heave-offerings of your hands, &c. unto the Lord. — And ye shall rejoyce before the Lord, [Page 4]ye and your Sons, and your Daughters, and your Men-servants and Maid-servants, and Levi that is within your Gates; Forasmuch as he hath no part nor Inheritance with you his Brethren: The Lord is his Inheritance according as the Lord promised him; For the Lord separated the Tribe of Levi, to bear the Ark of the Co­venant of the Lord, and to stand before the Lord, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, Deut. 12. Deut. 10.8, 9.

And thou mayst not eat within thy Gates the Tythes of thy Corn, or of the Wine, or of the Oyl, or of the firstling of thy Herd, or of thy flock. — But thou shalt eat them before the Lord thy God, in the place which the Lord thy God shall chuse, thou and thy Son, and thy Daughter, and thy Man-servant, and thy Maid-servant, and the Levite that is within thy Gates, and thou shalt rejoyce be­fore the Lord thy God, in all thou puttest thy hands unto. Deut. 12.17.26. — And take heed to thy self that thou forsake not the Levite, &c. And thou must eat flesh within thy Gates, or what thou desirest: Only the holy things which thou hast and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go into the place which the Lord thy God shall chuse, ob­serve and hear all these words which I command thee.

And in Deut. 14. Thou shalt truly Tythe of all the encrease of thy seed year by year, And [Page 5]thou shalt eat it before the Lord thy God, in the place which he shall chuse to place his name there, the Tythe of thy Corn, of thy Wine, of thy Oyl, and the firstling of thy Herds, and of thy Flocks, that thou mayst learn to fear the Lord thy God always. — And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; Here was their own choice, in laying out their Tyth-money. or if the place be too far from thee, which the Lord thy God shall chuse, and set his name there: when the Lord thy God hath blessed thee. Then thou shalt turn it into money, and bind up the money in thy hand, and shalt go unto the place which the Lord thy God shall chuse. — And thou shalt bestow that money for what­soever thy Soul desireth after, for Oxen, or for Sheep, or for Wine, or for strong Drink, or for whatsoever thy Soul desires: and thou shalt eat it before the Lord thy God, and thou shalt rejoyce, thou and thy houshold. And the Le­vite that is within thy Gates thou shalt not forsake him, for he hath no part nor Inheri­tance with thee. — At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the Tythe of thine encrease, the same year thou shalt lay it up within thy Gates. — And the Levite, and the Stranger, and the Fatherless, and the Widow, which are within thy Gates, shall come and shall eat and be satisfi'd, that the Lord thy God may bless thee, in all the works of thy [Page 6]hands which thou dost, Deut. 14. from the 22d. to the end.

And also in Deut. 26. when thou hast made an end of Tything, all the Tythes of the en­crease, the third year, which is the year of Ty­thing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the Stranger, the Fatherless, and the Widow, that they may eat within thy Gates and be filled. — Then thou shalt say before the Lord thy God, I have wrought away the hallowed things out of my House, and also given them unto the Levite, and unto the Stranger, to the Father­less, and to the Widow, according to thy Com­mandments which thou hast commanded me, &c. Here you may see the Laws and the Com­mandements of God concerning Tythees, and who they were too, Deut. 26.12, 13.

And you may see how that the Tythes was to be brought to the Chambers of the House of God at Jerusalem, Nehemiah 10.37, 38.

And in 2 Chron. 31.11. How the Chambers for the Tythes, was in the House of the Lord, which was the place which the Lord had chosen according to Moses.

And in Mal. 3. It was called a robbing of God and the whole Nation, when they did not bring in their Tythes into the Store-house, that there might be meat in his House, so it was a wronging of Levi, the Stranger, the Wi­dow, the Fatherless, from their right, for the Tythes of the Land were the Lords, and for Levi, [Page 7]the Widow, Stranger, and Fatherless, and so if they did not bring them in, they robbed God in his Tythes and Offerings, and walkt con­trary to the Law and the Command of God, therefore says he, ye are cursed with a curse, for ye have robbed me, even this whole Na­tion.

And the Apostle saith, cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which is written in the Book of the Law to do them, in Gal. 3.10. and Deut. 27.26. — But no man is justified by the works of the Law in the sight of God, for the Just shall live by Faith; for as many as are under the works of the Law, are under the curse, Gal. 3.11.

And Christ has redeemed us from under the curse of the Law, so they are not under the curse that do not pay Tythes: — And the Apostle and we saith, that no man is justified by the works of the Law, but by the faith of Christ Jesus even as we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be Justified by the Faith of Christ, and not by the works of the Law: And the Apostle saith, by the works of the Law no flesh shall be justified in the sight of God: — Therefore you are not justified by the Law of Tythes and Offerings, nor outward circumcision in the fight of God, Gal. 2.3.

And Christ cryed wo unto you Scribes and Pharisees, Hypocrites, ye pay Tythe-Mint, Annis, and Cummin, and have omitted the weighty [Page 8]matters of the Law, Judgement, Mercy, and Faith, these things ye ought to have done, and not to have left the other undone, Luke 11.42.

And in Gen. 14.20. When Melchisedec King of Salem, brought forth Bread and Wine, he was the Priest of the most high God, and he blessed Abraham, and Abraham gave him the Tenths of all that he had taken in the spoil,—as also ye may see in Heb. 7.4.

Now did ever Abraham pay Tythes to Mel­chisedec after this time? or did ever he pay Mel­chisedec Tythes before of his own yearly en­crease? but now at the war of the spoil.

And did ever any of the Kings or Judges pay the Tenths of their spoil of the Wars after­wards?

And Jacob vowed a vow saying, If God will be with me, and keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and Raiment to put on; so I come again to my Fathers House in peace, then shall the Lord be my God:—And this Stone which I have set up for a Pillar, shall be Gods House, and of all that thou shalt give me, I will surely give the Tenth unto thee. Now where did ever Jacob pay Tythes? or the Children of Israel in Egypt? until they came out of Egypt and received his Law, for this was onely Jacobs condition and free vow, not a command from God, as you may see in Gen. 28.20, 21, 22.

And in Heb. 7. When Abraham returned [Page 9]from the slaughter of the Kings, Melchisedec King of Salem, Priest of the most high God, met him and blessed him, to whom also Abra­ham gave the Tenths of all the spoils, so this was not of the encrease of his personal estate, neither did other Kings or Judges (as I said before) follow this example, to give the Tenth of their spoils that they had gotten in War.—Neither did Abraham lay this as a Command of God, upon his own Family to pay Tythes, either of their personal Estates, or of the Wars to Melchisedec afterwards, — Neither do we read, that Jacob, or his Children, did pay Tythes, till after they came out of Egypt, as before is said, by the Law of God: — But the Apostle saith, as I may so say, Levi also who received Tythes, payed Tythes in Abraham, for he was yet in the Loins of his Father, when Melchisedec met him who received the Tythes: And as for Molchisedec, his descent is not coun­ted from them, so here the Apostle goes to cut off Levi and his Priesthood, and place it upon Levi, as paying Tythes in Abraham who re­ceived them, — For the Apostle saith, verily they that were of the Sons of Levi, who re­ceive the office of the Priesthood, have a Com­mandment to take Tythes of the people accor­ding to the Law, that is of their Brethren, though they came out of the Loins of Abraham, so here's the Law and Commandment to take Tythes of their Brethren, and not of them that was not their Brethren.

And the Apostle saith, if perfection were by the Levitical Priesthood, for under it the people received the Law, what further need was there another Priest should arise (to wit Christ) after the order of Melchisedec, and not after the order of Aaron, who had a Law and a Command­ment to take Tythes. — For the Apostle saith, the Levitical Priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the Law, for there is a disannulling of the Commandment going before, and so the Priesthood being changed, and the Law being changed by which he was made, and the Commandment disan­nulled that gave him his Tythes; for it is evi­dent, that our Lord Jesus Christ sprang out of the Tribe of Judah, of which Tribe, Moses speaks nothing concerning the Priesthood, and Christ who is made a Priest, not after the order of Aaron: — And it is yet far more evident, for that after the similitude of Melchisedec, there arises another Priest (to wit Christ) who is made not after the Law of a carnal command­ment (as the other Priests were that took Tythes) but after the power of an endless life, for this Law of the carnal Commandment, commanded all these carnal things, Tythes, Offerings, to be given to Levies Priesthood: And therefore the Apostle saith, the Law is changed by which the Priesthood was made, and the Priesthood is changed: — And the Apostle saith, there is a disannulling the Com­mandment [Page 11]going before, for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof; so here the Apostle saith, it is both weakness and unprofitableness, Moreover, he saith, the Law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope, (to wit Christ) by the which we draw nigh unto God, now Christ our High-Priest was made with an Oath, but the Priesthood under the Law was made without an Oath, and so Christ performs Gods Oath and fulfills it, and so ends Oaths and Swearing, and forbids them.

For the Lord sware, and will not repent, thou art a Priest for ever after the order of Mel­chisedec, to wit Christ, by so much was Jesus made a surety of a better Testament then the Old Testament, because Christ continueth ever, he hath an unchangeable Priesthood, and the Levites is changed, and their Law and Com­mand: — So the Apostle did not intend here that people should hold up Aarons Priesthood and Tythes, but he shews a change of the Law by which the Priesthood was made, and a change of the Priesthood, and a disannulling the com­mand, and setting up Christ and his Priesthood that is unchangeable; and shewing how the un­profitableness, and the weakness of the Law, and the Commandment, and the first Priest­hood, and how it made nothing perfect; and brought people to Christ the better hope, which purified them as he is pure, through which they drew nigh to God.

Now all the Tythes which by the Law of God and his Commandment, the Children of Israel was to pay to the Levites, and the Levites was to offer up the Tenths of the Heave-Offe­ring to the Lord. Christ Jesus it's said of him, Lo I come to do thy will O God, to take away the first marke that I may establish the second, by the which will we are sanctified through the Offering of the Body of Jesus once for all, once for all their Offerings. — So he has ended all the Offerings, by Offering up his own Body, to wit, the Offerings of Tythes, and all other Offerings, and the Offerer. And so he ha's ta­ken away the first Priesthood, his Law, and Command, and his Tythes, he has taken away his Altar and Temple, his Tabernacle, his San­ctuary, and all his Offices and Services; and all the Levitical Priests, Offices and Services for the first Priesthood had his Tythes for his service at the Tabernacle, Altar, Sanctuary, and keep­ing the charge of all holy things; which all these things Christ has taken away, and has ta­ken away his Priesthood, and so has taken away his Tythes, his Maintenance, and taken away his Offices and Offerings, and his Charge, and he hath discharged him; and so has changed his Law, and disannulled his Commandment, and so all is fallen to the ground, for God will have no pleasure in these Offerings which was offe­red by the Law; but Christ is come in the Volume of the Book to do the Will of God, he [Page 13]taketh away the first, that he may establish the second; first Priesthood, first Covenant, with all his Tythes and Offerings.

For Christ, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down at the right hand of God, so this one sacrifice has ended both sacri­fices and sacrificers.

And also the Tythes, their Sacrifices, Offe­rings, and maintenance in the time of the Law, which made none perfect, for by one Offering of Christ he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified, (marke, for ever) Heb. 10.

And Levite the Priest that took the Tythes for the Services, these Priests stood daily Offe­ring often times the same Sacrifices, which can never take away sins, but Christ after he had offered up one Sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down at the right hand of God, who by this Offering ended the first Priest and his daily sa­crifices. And Moses sprinkled the Book and the People with the Blood: But how much more shall the Blood of Christ, through the Eternal Spirit, offer up himself without spot to God, purge your Consciences from dead works to serve the Living God. — So Christ is the Mediator of the New Testament, and redeems from under the transgression of the first, and ends it, and sprinkles the Consciences and the Hearts of his People with his blood, and ends the blood of the Sacrifices which was offered and shed, by which the People was sprinkled [Page 14]withall. And the Levites had the Tenths for their service; but Christs blood which was shed, is the blood of the New Testament, which ends the blood of Bulls and Goats, and the Old Te­stament, which was sprinkled with their blood, and with which blood of Jesus the Hearts and Consciences of People are sprinkled from their dead works, to serve the living God. And the Apostle saith, The first Covenant had Ordinan­ces of divine Services, and a worldly sanctuary made with hands; and he saith, while the first Tabernacle was standing, the holyest of all was not yet made manifest; But Christ being come, is an High-Priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect Tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building of Aarons and Levi's Law, first Cove­nant, first Testament, with their carnal Ordi­nances, worldly Sanctuary, Tythes, Heave-offerings, &c. nor outward Temple at Jeru­salem, where they brought their Tythes unto, so this worldly Sanctuary, worldly Temple, carnal Ordinances, and the outward City Je­rusalem, where they brought their Tythes unto, and the Priest that had the Tythes for their ser­vice, and had no other Inheritance in the Land. But all this Christ came to end, who is not of this building that was made with hands, nor after this order of Aaron; but of a more per­fect Tabernacle; and so the first Covenant waxeth old and decays, and is ready to van­quish [Page 15]away: And so he is the Mediator of the New Testament, and so he ends the Old with the Covenant, and their Carnal Ordinances and Sanctuary, their Altar, and the Priests of Levi and Aaron, and their Order, and all their Tythes which was their maintenance. So Tythes is not their maintenance now from God; for the Law by which they were made, is taken away; so their office and service is taken away, for which Tythes was given them; So the Tribe of Levi, which had no Portion in the Land by the Law and Command of God, but the Tythes for his Service. Now the Law, and Service, and Priesthood, and Tythes, and Offerings, and Covenant, and Order, and Sanctuary, and Tabernacle, and Testa­ment being taken away, and command that gave them the Tythes and Offerings, they may labour and buy a portion of Land, for there's no Tythes for them; and the Apostle saith, he that wont work must nor eat.

Now in the time of the Law, and command of God that did command Tythes, Levi the Priest was not to eat it all, nor to put it in his own particular Barn, but the people was to carry it up to Jerusalem, which was the place which the Lord did chuse, and there the High-Priest was to offer up his Heave-offerings of it, his Tenth, and the Levite must not eat all the Tythes him­self, but the Widows, Fatherless, Strangers, and the persons that gave it him, as you may see in Deut. 12.18.

For they were not to eat it within their Gates, but they were to eat at the place where the Lord did chuse, and rejoyce before the Lord, their Sons and Daughters, and Maid servants, and Men-servants, and the Strangers, and the Fatherless, and Widow, that is within thy gates shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied, that the Lord thy God may bless thee, so all these must eat of the Tythes with Levi, which had no part nor Inheritance with the Children of Israel, but as I said before, Christ has ended and changed the Levitical Priesthood and his Law that commanded Tythes, and the High, Priests Heave-offering of them, by the Offering up of himself once for all, he has ended both the Offerings and Priests [Page 16]Services, so he has no Law to take Tythes and Wages seeing he has no service for them; blessed be the Lord who has sent his Son, which is over the Houshold of God, the Houshold of Faith, and of the Jews in Spirit, as Moses was over the Houshold of the outward Jews, with their Tythes, and Offerings, and carnal Ordinances, and outward Temples, which all is put down by Christ, who remains a Priest for ever, not after the order of Aaron, but after the order of Melchisedec.

And they were blessed that brought their Tythes to the place which God had chused, and did eat them there with Levi, and the Sons, and Daughters, Man-servants, Maid-servants, Strangers, Fatherless, and Widow, as in Deut. 14.

And they were curst that did not, for they that did not, robbed God and the whole Nation, as in Mat. 3. as its said before.

And the Apostle saith, cursed is every one that con­tinueth not in all things which are written in the Book of the Law to do them; so you that takes Tythes ac­cording to the Law and Command in Scripture, and doth not carry them to Jerusalem; and if it had been too far for you to carry it thither, to turn it into money; the place which the Lord God has chosen, which was the place of Offering, where the High-Priest must have his Heave-offering out of them, and the Widows, Stran­gers, Fatherless, Sons, and Daughters, Men-servants and Maid-servants, and them that gave them, all might eat and praise the Lord together. Now if you have not con­tinued in all these things written in the Book of the Law, and done them according to the Law; if you have not, cursed is every one that continues not in all things which is written in the Book of the Law to do them. So then, they that be of Faith are blessed with faithful Abraham, not as Levi that payed Tythes in Abra­ham, which after had a Law, for the Apostle cuts off the outward circumcision in Abraham, and so the Law of Tythes to Levi in Abraham, For the promise that Abra­ham should be heir of the world, was not to Abraham [Page 17]and his seed through the Law, but through the righ­teousness of Faith, and Faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness, when he was in uncircumcision, and not in circumcision. Here the Apostle cuts off, not onely the Levitical Priesthood and his Law, but the cir­cumcision and his Law, Rom. 4.

And the Apostle saith, for as many are of the works of the Law are under the curse, Gal. 3.16. but Christ has redeemed us from under the curse of the Law, being made a curse for us; that the blessings of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles through Jesus Christ, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through Faith.

All these outward things, Tythes, Offerings, and other shadows in the first Covenant, held up by carnal Ordi­nances, imposed on the Jews until the time of Refor­mation by Christ; so their Law is called a School-master, and it served till the Seed came; and a Child differs nothing from a Servant, but is under Tutors and Gover­nours, until the time appointed of the Father, mark, then they were not always to be there in that state; even so we, when we were Children, were in bondage under the Elements of the world, now these outward things, the Apostle calls them, Gal. 4. the worlds Ele­ments; but when the fulness of their time was come, God sent forth his Son made of a Woman, made under the Law, to redeem them that were under the Law, that we might receive the Adoption of Sons; and because ye are Sons (marke) God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying Abba Father, where­fore thou art no more a Servant but a Son, and if a Son, then an Heir of God through Christ, so all that wit­nesses this, witness the time of his Fathers appointing, and the fulness of his time is come, and the time of re­formation; and they are redeemed out of bondage from under the worlds Elements, and they are redeemed from under the Law, Priest, Tythes and Offerings, by him that is made under the Law, and so from under the curse, by him that became a curse for us, and can say, Christ is [Page 18]the end of the Law for righteousness sake, to every one that believes.

So all the Faithful walks in the steps of that Faith of our Father Abraham, which he had before he was cir­cumcised; for the promise that he should be Heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed through the Law, but through the righteousness of Faith; and so here the Apostle cuts off the Law of Circumcision, and also the Law by which the Priest Levi was made, and re­ceived his Tythes and Offerings, and so the Justification is in the Faith of Christ, and not by the works of the Law that held up Circumcision, nor the Law by which the Levitical Priesthood was made, and all his Services, Tythes, and Maintenances for the Priest and his Services and Maintenance, Tythes and Law, is put down and changed by Christ, who remains a Priest for ever; who had a better Sacrifice then all those in the first Covenant; but Christ is entred by his own blood into the holy place, that is not made with hands, as the Levites chief Priest did, which were but figures of the true, but Christ the substance is entred into Heaven it self, having obtained eternal redemption for us, and now to appear in the presence of God for us, wherefore he is able to save them to the utmost, that comes unto God by him, seeing he ever lives to make intercession for them; for such an High Priest became us Believers and true Christians, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and is made higher then the Hea­vens; so we need not daily those High-Priests that was made by the Law, who offered up Sacrifices for their own sins, and then for the people, who had Tythes for his Wages and Maintenance, for this Christ did once when he offered up himself once for all, and ended all out­ward Offering, for the Law made High-Priests which have Infirmities, but the word of an Oath which was since the Law, maketh the Son of God, who is conse­crated and perfected for evermore; Now of the things which were spoken, this is the sum, Heb. 8. We have such an High-Priest (to wit Christ) who has ended [Page 19] Aarons Priesthood, and his Tythes, Law, and Offerings) who is set on the right hand of the Throne of the Ma­jesty in the Heavens. And is a Minister of the Sanctua­ry, and of the true Tabernacle which the Lord hath pitched, and not Man And so hath obtained a more ex­cellent Ministry, then that of Moses and Levi, by how much more also he is the Mediator of a better Covenant then the first, which is establisht upon better promises, glory to God for ever.

And whereas you do alledge what Christ said to the Pharisees in Luke 11.42. which saith, wo be unto you Pharisees, for ye Tythe Mint and Rue, and all manner of Herbs; and pass over Judgement and the love of God, these ought you to have done, and not to leave the other undone, to which I say, these things was before Christ was offered up, and the Tenths of Tenths was a Heave-Offering, and Christ bid them go offer to the Priest for their cleansing, for he did not come to break the Law, but to fulfill every jot and tittle of it; but when Christ was offered up once for all the Offerings, then the High-Priests Offerings and Levi's Tythe of Mint and Rue, &c. was ended. And they that preacht the Gospel, said the Levitical Priesthood, was changed, and the Law was changed, by which he was made, and the command was disannulled that gave him his Tythes for his Services and Offerings, and Christ was preacht, and set up the unchangeable Priest, and so Christ the Priest by Offering up of himself, has ended the first Priesthood and his Offerings; then Christ said to his Apostles, Dis­ciples, Ministers and Messengers, freely ye have received freely give, so people may keep their Tythe of Mint and their Rue and other Herbs and things, to themselves; for Christ has taken away the Law that gave them: for the Apostles was to go without Bagg or Scrip; therefore they were not to take Peoples Mints and Herbs, as the Levitical Priesthood did by the Law; but Christ has changed this Law and him, and put down his Office; Therefore Levi has no power to take them of people, and therefore people may keep them to themselves; for [Page 20]where there is no Law there is no Transgression for not paying of them; but Christ remains an unchangeable Priest for ever who by the Offeing up himself, has ended all their Offerings, and all people must come to God by him, who is consecrated a new and living way, Heb. 10.

So Christ has ended old Levies Priesthood, with his old Wages, his old Tythes and Offerings, and his old Altars, and his old Temple, and his old carnal Ordinan­ces, and his old Offerings, and his old Washings, and his old Tabernacle made with hands, and his old Testa­ment which is sprinkled with the blood of Bulls and Goats, and his old Covenant, and the old worldly san­ctuary, and the old shadows and sacrifices: Christ I say has ended all these things by the one offering and sacrifi­cing of himself once for all, and who is set dovvn at the right hand of God above them all, and over them all; and none comes to God but through him, and by him, and Christ hath appeared to put avvay sin by the sacri­ficing of himself; and after Christ had offered one sacri­fice for sins for ever, sat dovvn at the right hand of God; so he hath ended the Levitical Priesthood that offered up for their ovvn sins, and then for the sins of the people; so Christ I say has ended their vvork and their service; so likevvise he has ended the Tythes vvhich vvas for their Wages. And every ones Faith is to stand in Christ the Author of it, and to live by it, and vvalk by it, if they be justified, and come into the Heirship vvith faithful Abraham.

And after Christ vvas risen, he said unto his Disciples, Luke 24. while I vvas yet vvith you, I told you, that all things must be fulfilled vvhich vvere vvritten in the Lavv of Moses, and in the Prophets, and in the Psalms concer­ning me, so the Lavv and the Prophets are fulfilled in Christ, and he is the end of them; vvho is the first and the last, the beginning and the ending, the Amen.