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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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2. On the same Account is he said to be without beginning of Days or end of Life. For as he was a Mortal Man he had both. He was assuredly Born, and did no less 1certainly dye, than other Men. But neither of these are Recorded concerning him. We have no more to do with him, to learn from him, nor are concerned in him, but only as he is Described in the Scripture, and there is no mention therein of the Beginning of his Days, or the end of his Life. Whatever therefore he might have in himself, he had none to us. Consider all the other Patriarchs mentioned in the Writings of Moses, and you shall find their Descent Recorded, who was their Father, and so upwards unto the first man; and not only so, but the time of their Birth and Death, the Beginning of their Days, and the End of their Lives is exactly Recorded. For it is constantly said of them, such an one Lived so long, and begat such a Son, which fixed the time of Birth. Then of him so begotten it is said he lived so many Years, which determines the end of his Days. These things are expressly Recorded. But concerning Melchizedek none of these things are spoken. No mention is made of Father or Mother, no Genealogy is Recorded of what Stock or Progeny he was, nor is there any Account of his Birth or Death. So that all these things are wanting unto him in this Historical Narration wherein our Faith and Knowledge is alone concerned. Some few things may yet farther be enquired into for the clearing of the sense of these words.
2. On the same Account is he said to be without beginning of Days or end of Life. For as he was a Mortal Man he had both. He was assuredly Born, and did no less 1certainly dye, than other Men. But neither of these are Recorded concerning him. We have no more to do with him, to learn from him, nor are concerned in him, but only as he is Described in the Scripture, and there is no mention therein of the Beginning of his Days, or the end of his Life. Whatever therefore he might have in himself, he had none to us. Consider all the other Patriarchs mentioned in the Writings of Moses, and you shall find their Descent Recorded, who was their Father, and so upwards unto the first man; and not only so, but the time of their Birth and Death, the Beginning of their Days, and the End of their Lives is exactly Recorded. For it is constantly said of them, such an one Lived so long, and begat such a Son, which fixed the time of Birth. Then of him so begotten it is said he lived so many Years, which determines the end of his Days. These things are expressely Recorded. But concerning Melchisedec none of these things are spoken. No mention is made of Father or Mother, no Genealogy is Recorded of what Stock or Progeny he was, nor is there any Account of his Birth or Death. So that all these things are wanting unto him in this Historical Narration wherein our Faith and Knowledge is alone concerned. Some few things may yet farther be enquired into for the clearing of the sence of these words.