A53678:1432
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.
Some think that the endless life intended is that of Believers, which the Lord Christ by virtue of his Priestly Office confers upon them. The Priests under the Law proceeded no further but to discharge Carnal Rites, which could not confer Eternal life on them, for whom they Ministered. But the Lord Christ in the Discharge of his Office, procureth Eternal Redemption and Everlasting life for Believers. And these things are true, but they comprise not the meaning of the Apostle ⟨p. 191⟩in this place. For how can Christ be made a Priest according to the Power of that Eternal Life, which he confers on others. For the comparison and opposition that is made between the Law of a Carnal Commandment, whereby Aaron was constituted a Priest, and the Power of an endless Life, whereby Christ was made so, do Evidence, that the making of Christ a Priest, not absolutely, which the Apostle treats not of, but such a Priest as he is, was the Effect of this endless Life.
Some think that the endless life intended is that of Believers, which the Lord Christ by virtue of his Priestly Office confers upon them. The Priests under the Law proceeded no further but to discharge Carnal Rites, which could not confer Eternal life on them, for whom they Ministred. But the Lord Christ in the Discharge of his Office, procureth Eternal Redemption and Everlasting life for Believers. And these things are true, but they comprise not the meaning of the Apostle ⟨p. 191⟩in this place. For how can Christ be made a Priest according to the Power of that Eternal Life, which he confers on others. For the comparison and opposition that is made between the Law of a Carnal Commandment, whereby Aaron was constituted a Priest, and the Power of an endless Life, whereby Christ was made so, do Evidence, that the making of Christ a Priest, not absolutely, which the Apostle treats not of, but such a Priest as he is, was the Effect of this endless Life.
Wherefore the [Greek or Hebrew], the indissoluble Life here intended, is the life of Christ himself. Hereunto belonged, or from hence did proceed that [Greek or Hebrew], or Power, whereby he was made a Priest. And both the Office it self and the Execution or Discharge of it, are here intended. And as to the Office it self, this Eternal or endless life of Christ, is his life as the Son of God. Hereon depends his own Mediatory life for ever, and his conferring of Eternal life on us,