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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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This Reasoning of the Apostle's I confess at first view seemeth as intricate and more remote from cogency than any else-where used by him. And therefore by some Profane Persons hath it been cavilled at. But all things of that Nature arise merely from want of a due Reverence unto the Word of God. When we come unto it with those Satisfactions in our Minds, that there is Truth, and Divine Wisdom in every Expression of it, that all its Reasonings are cogent and effectual, though we understand them not, we shall not fail upon an Humble Enquiry to attain what we may safely embrace, or see what we ought to admire. And so this place which at first sight seems to present us with a Reasoning on a very uncertain Foundation, being duly enquired into, we find it Resolved into the firm Principles of Reason and Religion.
This Reasoning of the Apostle's I confess at first view seemeth as intricate and more remote from cogency than any else-where used by him. And therefore by some Profane Persons hath it been cavilled at. But all things of that Nature arise meerly from want of a due Reverence unto the Word of God. When we come unto it with those Satisfactions in our Minds, that there is Truth, and Divine Wisdom in every Expression of it, that all its Reasonings are cogent and effectual, though we understand them not, we shall not fail upon an Humble Enquiry to attain what we may safely embrace, or see what we ought to admire. And so this place which at first sight seems to present us with a Reasoning on a very uncertain Foundation, being duly enquired into, we find it Resolved into the firm Principles of Reason and Religion.
And the fore-going Observation will expedite two difficult Questions which Expositors raise unto themselves on this Verse. The first whereof is, whether Christ himself may not as well as Levi be said to pay Tithes in Abraham, as being in his Loins? which would utterly frustrate the Design of the Apostle. The Second is, how or in what sense one may be said to do any thing in another, which may be reckoned or imputed unto him?
And the fore-going Observation will expedite two difficult Questions which Expositors raise unto themselves on this Verse. The first whereof is, whether Christ himself may not as well as Levi be said to pay Tithes in Abraham, as being in his Loyns? which would utterly frustrate the Design of the Apostle. The Second is, how or in what sence one may be said to do any thing in another, which may be reckoned or imputed unto him?