Especially when that part of the covenant is considered, promise and assurance of pardon for all forsaken sins, as also for frailties and weaknesses daily [d] unchangeable] That ἀποράβατος here signifies that which doth not pass from father to son, from one successor to another, is from the nature of the word παραβαίνειν, transire, to pass; and so they are the words of Athanasius concerning Christ, ἀπαράβατον καὶ ἀδιάδεκτον ἔχων τὴν ἀρχιερωσύνην, "He hath a pontificate, or priesthood, that passeth not away, or doth not go by succession to others."