A53678:1409
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
Exegesis of chapter 7 › Exegesis of verses 15, 16, 17: VER. 15, 16, 17.
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 Argument it self is nextly expressed whereunto this full Evidence is ascribed, [Greek or Hebrew]; if another Priest do arise after the Similitude of Melchizedek. And in the words there is (1) the Modification of the Proposition in the particle [Greek or Hebrew]; (2) The Notation of the Subject spoken of; another Priest. (3) His Introduction into his Office, he did arise. (4) The Nature of his Office, and the manner of his coming unto it: after the likeness of Melchizedek.
The Argument it self is nextly expressed whereunto this full Evidence is ascribed, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉; if another Priest do arise after the Similitude of Melchisedec. And in the words there is (1) the Modification of the Proposition in the particle 〈non-Latin alphabet〉; (2) The Notation of the Subject spoken of; another Priest. (3) His Introduction into his Office, he did arise. (4) The Nature of his Office, and the manner of his coming unto it: after the likeness of Melchisedec.
[Greek or Hebrew], if, is generally taken here not to be a Conditional but a Causal Conjunction. 1And so, as many judge, it is used: Rom. 8. 31. 2 Cor. 5. 15. 1 Thess. 3. 8. 1 Pet. 1. 17. And it is rendered in our Translation by For, For that another Priest; as Beza rendereth it by quod, because. Others by ex eo quòd, and siquidem. Sir. and again this is more known, by that which he said. All take it to be an intimation of a Reason proving what is affirmed; and so it doth if with the Vulgar we retain si, or siquidem, if so be. And it is yet far more Evident, if so be that another Priest.