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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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For he was yet in the Loins of his Father when Melchizedek met him.
For he was yet in the Loyns of his Father when Melchisedec met him.
The force of this Proof seems to depend on a double Principle. (1.) That 1Children, the whole Posterity of any one, are in his Loins before they are Born. And this Principle is sure in the Light of Nature and common Reason; they are in them as the Effect in its Cause; nor have they any future existence but with Relation unto their Progenitors even the remotest of them. (2.) That what any one doth, ⟨p. 149⟩that all his Posterity are esteemed to do in and by him. But it is certain that this Rule will not generally hold, nor indeed will it ever do so absolutely without some other cogent Circumstances. By Humane Laws, the Crimes of Men reflect dishonour in some cases on their Families; and on the other side they entail the Honour which by their worth they have acquired on their Posterities. What a Man also gives away of his Estate unto Public Uses, as in the Foundation of Schools or Hospitals, his Children may be said to do it in him, because so much is decreased from their Inheritance. As here what Abraham gave to Melchizedek it was alienated from his Posterity, Levi among the rest. But none of these things reach the case in hand, or are sufficient to give Force or Evidence unto the Reasoning of the Apostle. Wherefore to find them out, sundry things must be observed which are manifest Truths in themselves, and on the Supposition whereof the Apostle's Argument stands firm.
The force of this Proof seems to depend on a double Principle. (1.) That 1Children, the whole Posterity of any one, are in his Loyns before they are Born. And this Principle is sure in the Light of Nature and common Reason; they are in them as the Effect in its Cause; nor have they any future existence but with Relation unto their Progenitors even the remotest of them. (2.) That what any one doth,