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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 9, 10: VER. 9, 10.
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VER. 9, 10.
It may be Objected unto the whole precedent Argument of the Apostle, That although Abraham himself paid Tithes unto Melchizedek, yet it followeth not that Melchizedek was Superior unto the Levitical Priests, concerning whom alone the Question was between him and the Jews. For although Abraham might be a Priest in some sense also, by virtue of common Right, as were all the Patriarchs, yet was he not so by virtue of any especial Office, Instituted of God to abide in the Church. But when God afterwards by peculiar Law and Ordinance Erected an Order and Office of Priesthood in the Family of Levi, it might be Superior unto or Exalted above that of Melchizedek, although Abraham paid Tithes unto him. This Objection therefore the Apostle obviates in these verses, and therewithal giving his former Argument a farther Improvement, he makes a Transition according unto his usual Custom (as it hath been often Observed that it is his Method ⟨p. 148⟩to do) unto his especial Design, in proving the Excellency of the Priesthood of Christ, above that of the Law, which is the main scope of this whole Discourse.
It may be Objected unto the whole precedent Argument of the Apostle, That although Abraham himself paid Tithes unto Melchisedec, yet it followeth not that Melchisedec was Superiour unto the Levitical Priests, concerning whom alone the Question was between him and the Jews. For although Abraham might be a Priest in some sence also, by virtue of common Right, as were all the Patriarchs, yet was he not so by virtue of any especial Office, Instituted of God to abide in the Church. But when God afterwards by peculiar Law and Ordinance Erected an Order and Office of Priesthood in the Family of Levi, it might be Superiour unto or Exalted above that of Melchisedec, although Abraham paid Tithes unto him. This Objection therefore the Apostle obviates in these verses, and therewithal giving his former Argument a farther Improvement, he makes a Transition according unto his usual Custom (as it hath been often Observed that it is his Method