Passing by the curious conjectures of men, let us attend to the mind of the Spirit, and by close attention it will be clearly seen that the Melchisedec which met Abraham was the adorable Redeemer himself. We begin with the 6th verse of me 5th Chapter—_As he saith also in another place_, _THOU art a Priest for ever_, _after the Order of Melchisedec_, _WHO in the days of HIS flesh_, _offered up strong cries and tears to God_, _and was heard in that HE feared—though HE were a SON_, _yet learned HE obedience by the things which HE suffered_, _and being made perfect_, _HE became the author of eternal salvation to all that obey HIM_; _called of God an High Priest_, _after the Order of Melchisedec_—_of whom we have many things to say_, _and hard to be uttered_, _seeing ye are dull of hearing_. Can any point be more clear than this; The terms _Thou_, _Who_, _He_, _a Son_, _Him_, in the _days of his flesh_—and surely if Melchisedec had been a mere Man, Paul would not have complained of the Hebrews being dull of understanding this Subject, of God manifest in the flesh, before his incarnation, when he met Abraham, and afterwards by actually taking our nature. I would observe the connection between the last verse of the 6th Chapter, and the opening of the 7th. The Apostle, encouraging Believers, who fled for refuge, tells them their fore-runner is gone to heaven, and is acting there as High Priest for them, after the Order of Melchisedec—it is essential to this Order only to make intercession in heaven. From which passage we may then conclude, that Melchisedec and the second Person in the ever blessed Trinity were, and are the same; for none but Christ in our nature ever did, or will intercede for us in heaven.