A53678:1295
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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In Opposition hereunto there is a worship under the Gospel which hath such Properties as are constitutive also of this Perfection. By Gospel-worship, I understand the whole Way and Order of that Solemn Worship of God, which the Lord Christ hath Commanded to be observed in his Churches, with all the Ordinances and Institutions of it; and all the private Worship of Believers, in their whole Access unto God. The Internal Glory and Dignity of this Worship must be referred unto its proper place, which is Chap. 10. 19, 20, 21, 22. Here I shall only mention some few things, wherein its Excellency consists in opposition unto the defects of that under the Law, on the account whereof it is Constitutive of that Evangelical Perfection whereof we treat.
In Opposition hereunto there is a worship under the Gospel which hath such Properties as are constitutive also of this Perfection. By Gospel-worship, I understand the whole Way and Order of that Solemn VVorship of God, which the Lord Christ hath Commanded to be observed in his Churches, with all the Ordinances and Institutions of it; and all the private Worship of Believers, in their whole Access unto God. The Internal Glory and Dignity of this Worship must be referred unto its proper place, which is Chap. 10. 19, 20, 21, 22. Here I shall only mention some few things, wherein its Excellency consists in opposition unto the defects of that under the Law, on the account whereof it is Constitutive of that Evangelical Perfection whereof we treat.
1. It is Spiritual, which is the Subject of the Apostle's Discourse, 2 Cor. 3. 6, 7, 8, 9, &c. And it is so on a two-fold Account. (1.) In that it is suited unto the Nature of God, so as that thereby he is glorified as God. For God is a Spirit, and will be Worshipped in Spirit, which our Saviour asserts to belong unto the Gospel-state, in opposition unto all the most glorious Carnal Ordinances and Institutions of the Law, John 4. 21, 22, 23. So is it opposed unto the old Worship as it was Carnal. It was that which in and by it self, answered not the Nature of God, though Commanded for a Season. See