righteousness”; the name of the city, which is by interpretation “peace”; that minute circumstance concerning him, of his having no account of his birth or death, “without beginning of days or end of life.” That is declared to be typical, that Abraham paid the tenth of the spoils, and Levi in Abraham, and that Melchizedec blessed Abraham. First, to lay down that persons ought to be exceeding careful in interpreting of types, that they don’t give way to a wild fancy; not to fix an interpretation unless
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