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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.
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Thirdly, The Interpretation of the Names being proper, and the Argument from thence in this case Useful, as to the Signification of them, it must be enquired how this Man was King of Righteousness and Peace. Most suppose that no more is intended but that he was a Righteous and Peaceable King, one that Ruled Righteously, and Lived Peaceably. And it is true that absolutely in himself and as unto his own Personal Qualifications he was so and no more, nor could be more. But these Names have Respect to his Relative state, and were given him as a Type of Christ. He was a King of Righteousness and Peace, as he was without Father and without Mother, that is, to Represent Christ in his Office. Really he was a Righteous and Peaceable King; Typically he was the King of Righteousness and Peace. Now the King of Righteousness is he who is the Author, Cause, and Dispenser of Righteousness unto others. As God is said to be the Lord our Righteousness. And so is the King of Peace also; in which sense God is called the God of Peace. Thus was it with Melchizedek as he was the Representative of Jesus Christ.
Thirdly, The Interpretation of the Names being proper, and the Argument from thence in this case Useful, as to the Signification of them, it must be enquired how this Man was King of Righteousness and Peace. Most suppose that no more is intended but that he was a Righteous and Peaceable King, one that Ruled Righteously, and Lived Peaceably. And it is true that absolutely in himself and as unto his own Personal Qualifications he was so and no more, nor could be more. But these Names have Respect to his Relative state, and were given him as a Type of Christ. He was a King of Righteousness and Peace, as he was without Father and without Mother, that is, to Represent Christ in his Office. Really he was a Righteous and Peaceable King; Typically he was the King of Righteousness and Peace. Now the King of Righteousness is he who is the Author, Cause, and Dispenser of Righteousness unto others. As God is said to be the Lord our Righteousness. And so is the King of Peace also; in which sence God is called the God of Peace. Thus was it with Melchisedec as he was the Representative of Jesus Christ.
4. The last thing that the Apostle Observes from these Names and Titles in their Order, wherein it is Natural that the Name of a Man should precede the Title of his Rule. First, King of Righteousness, and afterwards King of Peace. Righteousness must go first, and then Peace will follow after. So it is Promised of Christ and his Kingdom, that in his days the Righteous shall flourish and abundance of Peace, so long as the Moon endureth,