A53678:1165
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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3. There is Benedictio Charitativa: This is, when one is said to bless another, by praying for a Blessing on him, or using the means whereby he may obtain a Blessing. This may be done by Superiors, Equals, Inferiors, any or all Persons mutually towards one another, See 1 Kings 8. 14, 55, 56. 2 Chron 6. 3. Prov. 30. 11. This kind of Blessing, it being only improperly so, wherein the Act or Duty is demonstrated by its Object, doth not belong unto this Rule of the Apostle.
3. There is Benedictio Charitativa: This is, when one is said to bless another, by praying for a Blessing on him, or using the means whereby he may obtain a Blessing. This may be done by Superiours, Equals, Inferiours, any or all Persons mutually towards one another, See 1 Kings 8. 14, 55, 56. 2 Chron 6. 3. Prov. 30. 11. This kind of Blessing, it being only improperly so, wherein the Act or Duty is demonstrated by its Object, doth not belong unto this Rule of the Apostle.
4. There is Benedictio Reverentialis; Hereof God is the Object. So Men are said often to Bless God, and to Bless his Holy Name, which is mentioned in the Scripture as a signal Duty of all that Fear and Love the Lord. Now this Blessing of God is a Declaration of his praises with an Holy Reverential Thankful admiration of his Excellencies. But this belongs not at all unto the design of the Apostle, nor is regulated by this general Maxim, but is a particular Instance of the direct contrary, wherein without Controversy the Greater is Blessed of the Less. It is the second sort of Blessings that is alone here intended; and that is mentioned as an Evident Demonstration of the Dignity of Melchizedek, and his Preeminence above Abraham.