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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 18, 19: VER. 18, 19.
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1. The Introduction into the Church of what is better and more full of Grace in the same kind with what went before, doth disannul what so preceded; but the bringing in of that which is not better, which doth not communicate more Grace, doth not do so. Thus our Apostle expressly disputes that the bringing in of the Law 400 years after the giving of the Promise, did not evacuate or any way enervate the Promise.
1. The Introduction into the Church of what is better and more full of Grace in the same kind with what went before, doth disanul what so preceded; but the bringing in of that which is not better, which doth not communicate more Grace, doth not do so. Thus our Apostle expresly disputes that the bringing in of the Law 400 years after the giving of the Promise, did not evacuate or any way enervate the Promise.
And the Sole Reason hereof was, because the Promise had more Grace and Privilege in it, than the Law had. But here the bringing in of another Priesthood, because it was filled with more effectual Grace and mercy, utterly disannulled that which was instituted before. And as we may hence learn the care and kindness of God unto the Church; so also our own Duty in adhering with constant Obedience unto the Institutions of Christ. For this must be so, until something else more full ⟨p. 202⟩of Grace and Wisdom then they are, be appointed of God in the Church. And indeed this is that which is pretended by those by whom they are rejected. For they tell us that the Ordinances of the Gospel are weak and unprofitable, and are disannulled by that Dispensation of the Spirit which hath ensued after them. But the Truth is, to fancy a Dispensation of the Spirit without, against, or above the Ordinances of Christ, who alone doth dispense him, and that in the ways of his own Appointment, is to renounce the whole Gospel.
And the Sole Reason hereof was, because the Promise had more Grace and Priviledge in it, than the Law had. But here the bringing in of another Priesthood, because it was filled with more effectual Grace and mercy, utterly disanulled that which was instituted before. And as we may hence learn the care and kindness of God unto the Church; so also our own Duty in adhering with constant Obedience unto the Institutions of Christ. For this must be so, untill something else more full