_The force of this argument, and the application of these and several other scriptures to Christ, depend upon this supposition, which, we take for granted, and, were it needful, might easily be proved, that whenever a divine person is said, in scripture, to appear in the form of an angel, or to appear in a cloud as a symbol, or emblem of his presence, this is always meant of our Saviour._ But compare Watts’s Works, 5 vol. 381, and Edwards’s Works, 4 vol. 491. Quest. XLIV. QUEST. XLIV. _How doth Christ execute the office of a Priest?_ ANSW. Christ executeth the office of a Priest, in his once offering himself a sacrifice, without spot, to God, to be a reconciliation for the sins of his people, and in making continual intercession for them. In considering Christ’s Priestly office, as described in this answer, we may observe the two great branches thereof, namely, the offering himself a sacrifice; and making intercession. There are several scriptures which expressly mention both of them: thus he is said, _through the eternal Spirit, to have offered himself without spot, to God_, Heb. ix. 14. and then described as having _entered into heaven, now to appear in the presence of God for us_, ver. 24. and elsewhere the apostle speaks of him, as _having an unchangeable priesthood, and being able to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him_, and that this is founded on his offering up himself, and making intercession for them, chap. vii. 24, 25, 27. In considering this, we may observe,