A53678:1123
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.
Secondly, These Sons of Levi who obtained the Priesthood received Tithes according to the Law; That is, as the matter or manner of Tithing was determined 1by the Law. For by Tithes I understand that whole Portion which by Gods Order and Command belonged unto the Priests; and this in all the concerns of it was determined by the Law. What, when, how, of whom, all was expressly established by Law. So they received Tithes according to the Law, in the Order, Way, and Manner therein determined. For it is Gods Law and Appointment that gives Boundaries and Measures unto all Duties. What is done according unto them is straight, right, and acceptable; whatever is otherwise, however it may please our own Wisdom or Reason, is crooked, froward, perverse and rejected of God.
Secondly, These Sons of Levi who obtained the Priesthood received Tithes according to the Law; That is, as the matter or manner of Tithing was determined 1by the Law. For by Tithes I understand that whole Portion which by Gods Order and Command belonged unto the Priests; and this in all the concerns of it was determined by the Law. What, when, how, of whom, all was expressely established by Law. So they received Tithes according to the Law, in the Order, Way, and Manner therein determined. For it is Gods Law and Appointment that gives Boundaries and Measures unto all Duties. What is done according unto them is straight, right, and acceptable; whatever is otherwise, however it may please our own Wisdom or Reason, is crooked, froward, perverse and rejected of God.
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But there is an Objection that this Assertion of the Apostle seems liable unto, which we must take Notice of in our passage. For whereas he affirms that the Levites who received the Office of the Priesthood took Tithes of their Brethren, it is evident from the first Grant and Institution of Tithing, that the Levites who were not Priests, were the first who immediately received them of the People. See