John Trapp Complete Commentary - Hebrews 5:4 - 5:4

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Hebrews 5:4 - 5:4


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4 And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.



Ver. 4. And no man taketh, &c.] Or if he do, he shall smoke and smart for it, as did Nadab and Abihu, Uzzah and Uzziah, &c. In physicis aer non facit seipsum ignem, sed fit a superiori, as Aquinas noteth upon ft, is text. No man might come uncalled to the king of Persia upon pain of death. What then shall become of such as come without a call to the King of heaven? Christ would not let the devil preach him, Mar_1:13, quia extra vocationem, as one well notes, because he had no calling to such an office.