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A continuation of the exposition of the Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the…
A continuation of the exposition of the Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Hebrews viz, on the sixth, seventh, eight, ninth, and tenth chapters : wherein together with the explication of the text and context, the priesthood of Christ ... are declared, explained and confirmed : as also, the pleas of the Jews for the continuance and perpetuity of their legal worship, with the doctrine of the principal writers of the Socinians about these things, are examined and disproved / by J. Owen ...
London: printed for Nathaniel Ponder, 1680
Exegesis of chapter 7 › Exegesis of verses 1, 2, 3: Ver. 1, 2, 3.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1. That he who hath received the greatest Mercies and Privileges in this World, may yet need their Ministerial confirmation. Abraham had before received the Blessing from the Mouth of God himself. And yet it was no doubt a great confirmation of his Faith to be now blessed again in the Name of God by Melchizedek. And indeed such is the estate of all the Faithful the Children of Abraham in this World, that what through the weakness of their Faith, what through the greatness of their Temptations and Trials, they stand in need of all Ministerial Renovations of the Pledges of Gods good will towards them. We are apt to think that if God should speak once unto us as he did to Abraham, and assure us of the Blessing, we should never need farther confirmation whilst we live. But the Truth is, he doth so speak unto all that believe in the Word, and yet we find, how much we want the Ministerial Renovation of it unto us. Bless God for the Ministry, for the Word and Sacraments; Ordinarily our Faith would not be kept up without them.
1. That he who hath received the greatest Mercies and Priviledges in this World, may yet need their Ministerial confirmation. Abraham had before received the Blessing from the Mouth of God himself. And yet it was no doubt a great confirmation of his Faith to be now blessed again in the Name of God by Melchisedec. And indeed such is the estate of all the Faithful the Children of Abraham in this World, that what through the weakness of their Faith, what through the greatness of their Temptations and Trials, they stand in need of all Ministerial Renovations of the Pledges of Gods good will towards them. We are apt to think that if God should speak once unto us as he did to Abraham, and assure us of the Blessing, we should never need farther confirmation whilst we live. But the Truth is, he doth so speak unto all that believe in the Word, and yet we find, how much we want the Ministerial Renovation of it unto us. Bless God for the Ministry, for the Word and Sacraments; Ordinarily our Faith would not be kept up without them.
2. In the Blessing of Abraham by Melchizedek all Believers are Virtually Blessed by Jesus Christ. Melchizedek was a Type of Christ and represented him in what he