A53678:1150
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
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But it may yet be said, that Abraham had not received the Promises then when he was Blessed of Melchizedek, so that it was no Argument of his Preeminence at that time. But (1.) He had before received the same Promise for the Substance of it, which was afterwards more Solemnly confirmed unto him, on the trial of his Faith in Offering his only Son, Gen. 12. 2, 3. Chap. 13. 15, 16. (2.) He was then actually instated in a Right unto all that farther Confirmation of the Promises which he received on various Occasions, and what followed added not unto the Dignity of his Person, but served only unto the Confirmation of his Faith. So Melchizedek Blessed him who had the Promises. And we may Observe,
But it may yet be said, that Abraham had not received the Promises then when he was Blessed of Melchisedec, so that it was no Argument of his Preeminence at that time. But (1.) He had before received the same Promise for the Substance of it, which was afterwards more Solemnly confirmed unto him, on the trial of his Faith in Offering his only Son, Gen. 12. 2, 3. Chap. 13. 15, 16. (2.) He was then actually instated in a Right unto all that farther Confirmation of the Promises which he received on various Occasions, and what followed added not unto the Dignity of his Person, but served only unto the Confirmation of his Faith. So Melchisedec Blessed him who had the Promises. And we may Observe,
1. We can be made partakers of no such Grace, Mercy, or Privilege in this World, but that God can when he pleaseth make an addition thereunto. He who had received the Promises was afterwards Blessed. We depend upon an infinite Fountain of Grace and Mercy, from whence it is made out unto us by various degrees according to the good pleasure of God. Neither will he give unto us, nor are we capable to receive in this world, the whole of what he hath provided for us, in the enjoyment whereof our final Blessedness doth consist. Wherefore as it is required of us to be thankful for what we have, or to walk worthy of the Grace we have received: Yet we may live in constant expectation of more from him, and it is the great Comfort and Relief of our Souls that we may so do.