A53678:1333
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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Again, Whereas the Lord Christ by his Obedience and Righteousness had fulfilled the Law, and was become the End of it, for Righteousness, unto them that do Believe, the seeking after Justification as it were by the Works of the Law was wholly repugnant thereunto.
Again, VVhereas the Lord Christ by his Obedience and Righteousness had fulfilled the Law, and was become the End of it, for Righteousness, unto them that do Believe, the seeking after Justification as it were by the Works of the Law was wholly repugnant thereunto.
And in the next place the Law may be considered as it prescribed a way of Worship in its Ordinances and Institutions, which God doth accept. This the People were indispensably obliged unto whilst the Law stood in force. But in the Gospel our Lord Jesus Christ had now appointed a new Spiritual Worship suited unto the Principles and Grace thereof. And these were so inconsistent as that no Man could at once serve these two Masters.
Wherefore the whole Law of Moses, as given unto the Jews, whether as used or abused by them, was repugnant unto and inconsistent with the Gospel, and the Mediation of Christ, especially his Priestly Office therein declared. Neither did God either design, appoint, or direct that they should be co-existent. If then the Law continue in its force, and have Power to oblige the Consciences of Men, and is still so to abide, there is neither room nor place for Christ and his Priesthood in the Church, nor indeed for the Discharge of his other Offices. And this opposition between the Law and the Gospel, Works and Grace, our own Righteousness and that of Christ, our Apostle doth not only grant, but vehemently urge in all his Epistles, allowing none to suppose that they may have both these strings unto their ⟨p. 177⟩