If this Melchisedec was only a Canaanitish King, I can see no reason why Abraham should give him the tenth of the spoils he had taken in battle; for I do not read of any king assisting in this war, or even minding the stuff, or guarding the coast; for it seems to have been a law among the warriors to divide the spoil, as in the 1st of _Samuel_, 30th Chap. _But as his part shall be that goeth to battle_, _so shall his be that tarrieth by the stuff_, _they shall part alike_. Now considering how great this Man was (or this Person _is_) to whom Abraham gave the tenth, we are prone to ask those questions that are of no importance to us, as, If this was Christ, what use could they be to him—and what did he do with them? We may as well ask, How the Lord and his attendants eat, when Abraham made an entertainment at the tent door—they appeared to him to eat. So, after his resurrection from the dead they gave him a piece of broiled fish and of an honey comb, and he took it, and did eat before them. This may lead us to ask still more curious questions, as, What body was it in which our Lord made those appearances, and what became of it? These things we must die to know; it is but of little consequence to us now—what tithes Abraham gave him he knew how to dispose of.—But in this instance the glory of our Lord appears; for it is clear no man on earth was so great as Abraham; so the Apostle argues, _and truly the less is blessed of the greater_—Abraham, the less, was blessed of Melchisedec, the greater. This was peculiar to his Order only, nor does there want another Priest to arise after his similitude, seeing he ever liveth to represent his people.