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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.
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.
2. His Assertion is, That Levi who received Tithes was Tithed in Abraham, 1namely, when Abraham gave the Tithes of all to Melchizedek. By Levi he intendeth not the Person of Levi absolutely, the Third Son of Jacob, but his Posterity, or the whole Tribe proceeding from him, so far as they were Interested in the Priesthood. For Levi himself never received Tithes of any, the Priesthood being erected in his Family long after his Death in the Person of his Great Grandchild Aaron. So then Levi who received Tithes is the same with the Sons of Levi who received the Priesthood, ver. 5. Namely, in their several Generations unto that Day.
2. His Assertion is, That Levi who received Tithes was Tithed in Abraham, 1namely, when Abraham gave the Tithes of all to Melchisedec. By Levi he intendeth not the Person of Levi absolutely, the Third Son of Jacob, but his Posterity, or the whole Tribe proceeding from him, so far as they were Interested in the Priesthood. For Levi himself never received Tithes of any, the Priesthood being erected in his Family long after his Death in the Person of his Great Grandchild Aaron. So then Levi who received Tithes is the same with the Sons of Levi who received the Priesthood, ver. 5. Namely, in their several Generations unto that Day.
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Of this Levi it is affirmed that [Greek or Hebrew], He was Tithed or paid 1Tithes in Abraham, or through him, and by him, as the word is. When Abraham himself gave Tithes to Melchizedek, he did it not in his own Name only, but in the Name of himself and his whole Posterity. And this upon the Principles before laid down and vindicated, proves the Preeminence of the Priesthood of Melchizedek above that of the House and Family of Levi. All the Difficulty of the Argument lies in the Proof of the Assertion, namely, That Levi did indeed so pay Tithes in Abraham. This the Apostle therefore proves by the Observation which he lays down, ver. 10.