A53678:1267
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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3. Peace among our selves, that is, among Believers, doth also belong hereunto. There was Peace and Brotherly Love required under the Law. But no Duty receiveth a greater Improvement under the Gospel. The Purchase of it by the Blood of Christ, his Prayer for it, the new Motives added unto it, the communication of it as the Legacy of Christ among his Disciples, with the especial Ends and Duties of it, do constitute it a part of the perfect state of the Church under the Gospel.
3. The third thing wherein this [Greek or Hebrew] or Perfection doth consist, is Spiritual Light and Knowledge, with respect unto the Mysteries of the Wisdom and Grace of God. God had designed for the Church a Measure of Spiritual light and knowledge which was not attainable under the Law, which is the Subject of that great Promise, Jer. 31. 34. whose Accomplishment is declared, 1 John 2. 27. And there are three things which concur unto the Constitution of this Privilege.
3. The third thing wherein this 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 or Perfection doth consist, is Spiritual Light and Knowledge, with respect unto the Mysteries of the Wisdome and Grace of God. God had designed for the Church a Measure of Spiritual light and knowledge which was not attainable under the Law, which is the Subject of that great Promise, Jer. 31. 34. whose Accomplishment is declared, 1 John 2. 27. And there are three things which concur unto the Constitution of this Priviledge.