A53678:1315
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.
The last thing considerable in these words is the Reason whereby the Apostle proves, That in the Judgment of the Holy Ghost himself Perfection was not attainable by the Levitical Priesthood. For if it were, what farther need was there that another Priest should arise after the Order of Melchizedek, and not be called after the Order of Aaron?
The last thing considerable in these words is the Reason whereby the Apostle proves, That in the Judgment of the Holy Ghost himself Perfection was not attainable by the Levitical Priesthood. For if it were, what farther need was there that another Priest should arise after the Order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the Order of Aaron?
The Reason in these words is plain and obvious. For after the Institution of that Priesthood, and after the Execution of it in its greatest Glory, Splendour, and Efficacy, a Promise is made in the Time of David, of another Priest, of another Order to arise. Hereof there can be no Account given but this alone, that Perfection was not attainable by that which was already instituted and executed. For it was a Perfection that God aimed to bring his Church unto, or the most Perfect state in Righteousness, Peace, Liberty, and Worship which it is capable of in this world. And whatever state the Church be brought into, it must be by its High Priest, and the Discharge of his Office. Now if this might have been effected by the Levitical Priesthood, the rising of another Priest was altogether needless and useless. This is that Invincible Argument whereby the Holy Apostle utterly overthrows the whole System of the Judaical Religion, and takes it out of the way, as we shall see more particularly afterwards. But the Expressions used in this Reason must be distinctly considered.
The Reason in these words is plain and obvious. For after the Institution of that Priesthood, and after the Execution of it in its greatest Glory, Splendour, and Efficacy, a Promise is made in the Time of David, of another Priest, of another Order to arise. Hereof there can be no Account given but this alone, that Perfection was not attainable by that which was already instituted and executed. For it was a Perfection that God aimed to bring his Church unto, or the most Perfect state in Righteousness, Peace, Liberty, and VVorship which it is capable of in this world. And whatever state the Church be brought into, it must be by its High Priest, and the Discharge of his Office. Now if this might have been effected by the Levitical Priesthood, the rising of another Priest was altogether needless and useless. This is that Invincible Argument whereby the Holy Apostle utterly overthrows the whole Systeme of the Judaical Religion, and takes it out of the way, as we shall see more particularly afterwards. But the Expressions used in this Reason must be distinctly considered.