hope did, by which we draw nigh to God. And inasmuch as he was not made a priest without an oath: (For those priests were made without an oath, but this with an oath, by him that said unto him, The Lord sware, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever, after the order of Melchisedec:) Of so much better a covenant was Jesus made a surety. And they truly were many priests, because they were hindered by death from continuing. But this, because he continueth for ever, hath a priesthood