Andnotwithstandingthecovenantconstitutethasacerdotalkingdom，thatistosay，akingdomhereditarytoAaron；yetthatistobeunderstoodofthesuccessionafterMosesshouldbedead。ForwhosoeverorderethandestablisheththepolicyasfirstfounderofaCommonwealth，beitmonarchy，aristocracy，ordemocracy，mustneedshavesovereignpoweroverthepeopleallthewhileheisdoingofit。AndthatMoseshadthatpowerallhisowntimeisevidentlyaffirmedintheScripture。First，inthetextlastbeforecited，becausethepeoplepromisedobedience，nottoAaron，buttohim。
Secondly，“AndGodsaiduntoMoses，ComeupuntotheLord，thouandAaron，NadabandAbihu，andseventyoftheeldersofIsrael。AndMosesaloneshallcomeneartheLord，buttheyshallnotcomenigh，neithershallthepeoplegoupwithhim。“*BywhichitisplainthatMoses，whowasalonecalleduptoGodandnotAaron，northeotherpriests，northeseventyelders，northepeoplewhowereforbiddentocomeup，wasalonehethatrepresentedtotheIsraelitesthepersonofGod；thatistosay，wastheirsolesovereignunderGod。Andthoughafterwardsitbesaid，“ThenwentupMosesandAaron，NadabandAbihu，andseventyoftheeldersofIsrael，andtheysawtheGodofIsrael，andtherewasunderHisfeetasitwereapavedworkofsapphirestone，“*2etc。；yetthiswasnottillafterMoseshadbeenwithGodbefore，andhadbroughttothepeoplethewordswhichGodhadsaidtohim。Heonlywentforthebusinessofthepeople；
theothers，asthenoblesofhisretinue，wereadmittedforhonourtothatspecialgracewhichwasnotallowedtothepeople；whichwas，asintheverseafterappeareth，toseeGodandlive。“GodlaidnotHishanduponthem，theysawGod，anddideatanddrink“thatis，didlive，butdidnotcarryanycommandmentfromHimtothepeople。
Again，itiseverywheresaid，“TheLordspakeuntoMoses，“asinallotheroccasionsofgovernment，soalsoinalsointheorderingoftheceremoniesofreligion，containedinthe25th，26th，27th，28th，29th，30th，and31stchaptersofExodus，andthroughoutLeviticus；
toAaron，seldom。ThecalfthatAaronmade，Mosesthrewintothefire。