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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 20, 21, 22: VER. 20, 21, 22.
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2. That the Dignity of the Priesthood depends on, and is declared by the way whereby God was pleased to initiate men into that Office.
These two things being in general laid down, as those which could not be denied; the Apostle makes Application of them in the next verse distinctly, unto the Friests of the Law on the one hand, and Christ on the other, in a comparison between whom he is engaged. And we may observe, that
These two things being in general laid down, as those which could not be denied; the Apostle makes Application of them in the next verse distinctly, unto the Friests of the Law on the one hand, and Christ on the other, in a comparison between whom he is ingaged. And we may observe, that
Nothing was wanting on the part of God that might give eminency, stability, glory, and efficacy unto the Priesthood of Christ. Not without an Oath. For,