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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.
2. It is a great Honour to Serve in the Church by doing or suffering for the Use and Service of future Generations. This was the Honour of Melchizedek, that he was employed in a Service, the true Use and Advantage whereof was not given in unto the Church, until many Generations after. And I add Suffering unto Doing, because it is well known what Glories have sprang up in future Ages, upon the past Sufferings of others.
2. It is a great Honour to Serve in the Church by doing or suffering for the Use and Service of future Generations. This was the Honour of Melchisedec, that he was employed in a Service, the true Use and Advantage whereof was not given in unto the Church, until many Generations after. And I add Suffering unto Doing, because it is well known what Glories have sprang up in future Ages, upon the past Sufferings of others.
3. The Scripture is so absolutely the Rule, Measure, and Boundary of our Faith and Knowledge in Spiritual things, as that what it conceals is Instructive, as well as what it expresseth. This the Apostle Manifests in many of his Observations concerning Melchizedek, and his Inferences from thence. But I have (as I remember) Discoursed somewhat hereof before.
3. The Scripture is so absolutely the Rule, Measure, and Boundary of our Faith and Knowledge in Spiritual things, as that what it conceals is Instructive, as well as what it expresseth. This the Apostle Manifests in many of his Observations concerning Melchisedec, and his Inferences from thence. But I have (as I remember) Discoursed somewhat hereof before.
Secondly, Our next Enquiry is, Wherein Melchizedek was Typical of Christ, or what of all this belongeth unto the following Assertion that he was made like unto the Son of God; that is, so described as that he might have a great Resemblance of him.