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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.
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, Psal. 72. 7. First they are made Righteous, and then they have Peace. And Isa. 32. 17. The work of Righteousness shall be Peace, and the effect of Righteousness Quietness and Peace for ever. This is the Order of these things. There is no Peace but what proceedeth from and is the Effect of Righteousness. So these things with respect unto Christ are declared by the Psalmist, Psal. 85. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13. What we are taught hence is,
1. That the Lord Jesus Christ is the only King of Righteousness and Peace unto the Church. See Isa. 32. 1, 21. Chap. 9. 6. He is not only a Righteous and Peaceable King as were his Types Melchizedek and Solomon, but he is the Author, Cause, Procurer and Dispenser of Righteousness and Peace to the Church. So is it declared, Jer. 23. 5, 6. Behold the Days come saith the Lord that I will raise unto David a Righteous Branch, and a King shall Reign and Prosper, and shall Execute Judgment and Justice in the Earth. In his Days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely, and this is his Name whereby he shall be called, The Lord our Righteousness. He is Righteous and Reigneth Righteously, but this is not all, he is the Lord our Righteousness.
1. That the Lord Jesus Christ is the only King of Righteousness and Peace unto the Church. See