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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. It is said of him in the first place, that he was without Father, without Mother, 1whereon part of the latter clause, namely, without beginning of Days, doth depend. But how could a Mortal Man come into the World without Father or Mother? Man that is Born of a Woman is the Description of every Man; what therefore can be intended? The next word declares, he was [Greek or Hebrew], without 2Descent say we. But [Greek or Hebrew] is a Generation, a Descent, a Pedigree, not absolutely, but Rehearsed, Described, Recorded. [Greek or Hebrew] is he whose Stock and Descent is entered upon Record. And so on the contrary, [Greek or Hebrew] is not he who hath no Descent, no Genealogy, but he whose Descent and Pedigree is no where Entered, Recorded, Reckoned up. Thus the Apostle himself plainly expresseth this word, ver. 6. [Greek or Hebrew], whose Descent is not counted, that is, reckoned up in Record. Thus was Melchizedek without Father and Mother, in that the Spirit of God who so strictly and exactly Recorded the Genealogies of other Patriarchs and Types of Christ, and that for no less an end than to manifest the Truth and Faithfulness of God in his Promises, speaks nothing unto this purpose concerning him. He is introduced as it were one falling from Heaven, appearing on a sudden, Reigning in Salem, and Officiating the Office of the Priesthood unto the High God.
1. It is said of him in the first place, that he was without Father, without Mother, 1whereon part of the latter clause, namely, without beginning of Days, doth depend. But how could a Mortal Man come into the World without Father or Mother? Man that is Born of a Woman is the Description of every Man; what therefore can be intended? The next word declares, he was 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, without 2Descent say we. But 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 is a Generation, a Descent, a Pedigree, not absolutely, but Rehearsed, Described, Recorded. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 is he whose Stock and Descent is entered upon Record. And so on the contrary, is not he who hath no Descent, no Genealogy, but he whose Descent and Pedigree is no where Entered, Recorded, Reckoned up. Thus the Apostle himself plainly expresseth this word, ver. 6. , whose Descent is not counted, that is, reckoned up in Record. Thus was Melchisedec without Father and Mother, in that the Spirit of God who so strictly and exactly Recorded the Genealogies of other Patriarchs and Types of Christ, and that for no less an end than to manifest the Truth and Faithfulness of God in his Promises, speaks nothing unto this purpose concerning him. He is introduced as it were one falling from Heaven, appearing on a sudden, Reigning in Salem, and Officiating the Office of the Priesthood unto the High God.