A53678:1249
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
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.) It may be considered as to its initial state in this World, expressed in the Testimonies before recited: and this is that which we enquire after. And the Lord Christ, as the sole procurer of this state, is said to be [Greek or Hebrew] the Consummator, the Perfecter, the Finisher of our Faith, or Religious Worship, Heb. 12. 2. as having brought us into a state [Greek or Hebrew] of Perfection.
(2.) It may be considered as to its initial state in this World, expressed in the Testimonies before recited: and this is that which we enquire after. And the Lord Christ, as the sole procurer of this state, is said to be 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 the Consummator, the Perfecter, the Finisher of our Faith, or Religious Worship, Heb. 12. 2. as having brought us into a state 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 of Perfection.
This is that, whatever it be, (which we shall immediately enquire into) that ⟨p. 159⟩is denied unto the Levitical Priesthood, and afterwards unto the Law, as that which they could not effect. They could not by their utmost Efficacy, nor by the strictest Attendance unto them, bring the Church into that state of Perfection, which God had designed for it in this World, and without which the Glory of his Grace had not been demonstrated.
This is that, whatever it be, (which we shall immediately enquire into) that ⟨p. 159⟩is denyed unto the Levitical Priesthood, and afterwards unto the Law, as that which they could not effect. They could not by their utmost Efficacy, nor by the strictest Attendance unto them, bring the Church into that state of Perfection, which God had designed for it in this World, and without which the Glory of his Grace had not been demonstrated.