A53678:1539
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.
[Greek or Hebrew] is a word belonging unto the Sacerdotal Office, denoting the approach of the Priests unto God in his worship. So the LXX for the most part render [Greek or Hebrew] the General term for all Access unto God with Sacrifices and Offerings. And this doth the Apostle intend. Under the Levitical Priesthood, the Priests in their Sacrifices and Solemn Services did draw nigh unto God. The same now is done by all Believers under ⟨p. 207⟩the Sacerdotal Ministration of Jesus Christ. They now all of them draw nigh unto God. And in all their worship, especially in their prayers and supplications, they have by him an Access unto God, Ephes. 2. 18. There is a similitude in these things, and an Allusion in the one unto the other; yet so as that the one doth far excel the other, as to Grace and Privilege. For, (1.) under the Law it was the Priests alone who had this Privilege of drawing nigh unto God, in the solemn worship of the Temple and Tabernacle. The People were kept at a Distance, and might never come near the Sacred Services of the Holy place. But all Believers being made a Royal Priesthood, every one of them hath an equal Right and Privilege by Christ, of drawing nigh unto God. (2.) The Priests themselves did draw nigh only unto outward pledges, Tokens, and Symbols of Gods Presence. Their highest Attainment was in the Entrance of the High Priest once a year into the most Holy place. Yet was the Presence of God there only in things made with hands, only instituted to represent his Glory. But Believers do draw nigh to God himself, unto the throne of his Grace, as the Apostle declares, Chap. 10. 19, 20, 21, 22.
〈non-Latin alphabet〉 is a word belonging unto the Sacerdotal Office, denoting the approach of the Priests unto God in his worship. So the LXX for the most part render 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 the General term for all Access unto God with Sacrifices and Offerings. And this doth the Apostle intend. Under the Levitical Priesthood, the Priests in their Sacrifices and Solemn Services did draw nigh unto God. The same now is done by all Believers under ⟨p. 207⟩the Sacerdotal Ministration of Jesus Christ. They now all of them draw nigh unto God. And in all their worship, especially in their prayers and supplications, they have by him an Access unto God,