A53678:1261
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
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Answ. (1.) Peace is made for all that Believe. (2.) The way of attaining it is laid open unto them, Isa. 27. 5. (3.) Patient abiding in Faith will in due time bring them into this Peace. (4.) It is one thing to have Peace with God, which all Believers have; another to have the constant sense and comfort of it in their own Souls, which they may want for a Season. Secondly, some say, they are so far from finding Peace with the whole Creation, that on all accounts they meet with great Enmities in the World. Answ. (1.) It is not said that Peace is made for us with Satan or the World, the Serpent and his Seed. This belongs not unto this Perfection. (2.) Whatever troubles we may have with other things, yet in the Issue, they shall all work together for our Good, which is sufficient to constitute a state of Peace.
This part of the Perfection of the Church could not be attained by the Levitical Priesthood. For two things belonged thereunto. (1.) That Peace be actually made. (2.) That it be fully declared. So the Apostle expresseth it as it was effected by Christ, Ephes. 2. 14. He is our Peace; and that (1.) By making Peace, he made Peace, ver. 15, 16. (2.) By declaring it, ver. 17. He came and Preached Peace. Neither of these could be done by the Levitical Priesthood. Not the first, it could not make Peace, because it could not bring in Righteousness, which is the Cause and Foundation of it, Isa. 32. 17. Rom. 5. 1. Not the second, it could not declare or preach this Peace. For the giving of the Law, with all Tokens of Dread and Severity, with the Curse annexed unto it, was directly contrary hereunto. This therefore was brought in by this better Priesthood alone.