A53678:1104
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
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.
And verily they that are the Sons of Levi, who receive the Office of the Priesthood, have a Commandment to take Tithes of the People according to the Law, that is of their Brethren though they come out of the Loins of Abraham.
There is in these words an Illustration and Confirmation of the present Argument, proving the Preference of Melchizedek above Abraham, from his giving the Tithe or Tenth of all unto him, and consequently receiving the Blessing from him. And this is taken from what was determined in the Law and acknowledged among the Hebrews, with which kind of Arguments the Apostle doth principally press them in the whole Epistle, as we have showed on many Occasions. Now this is, that the Priests who received Tithes by the Law were Superior in Dignity and Honour unto the People from whom they did receive them. And this was only declared in the Law, for the Foundation of it was in the Light of Nature, as the Apostle expressly intimates in the Instance of Benediction afterwards.
There is in these words an Illustration and Confirmation of the present Argument, proving the Preference of Melchisedec above Abraham, from his giving the Tithe or Tenth of all unto him, and consequently receiving the Blessing from him. And this is taken from what was determined in the Law and acknowledged among the Hebrews, with which kind of Arguments the Apostle doth principally press them in the whole Epistle, as we have shewed on many Occasions. Now this is, that the Priests who received Tithes by the Law were Superiour in Dignity and Honour unto the People from whom they did receive them. And this was only declared in the Law, for the Foundation of it was in the Light of Nature, as the Apostle expressely intimates in the Instance of Benediction afterwards.
There are considerable in the words, (1.) The Introduction of this new confirmation of his fore-going Argument. (2.) A Description of the Persons in whom he Instanceth. (3.) The Action ascribed unto them with its Limitation. And (4.) The Qualification of the Persons to whom their Power was exercised.