A53678:1584
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.
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.
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,
1. This was due unto the Glory of his Person. The Son of God in infinite Grace condescending unto the susception of this Office, and the discharge of all the Duties of it, it was meet that all things which might contribute any thing unto the Glory, or efficacy of it should accompany his undertakings. For being in himself the Image ⟨p. 212⟩of the invisible God, by whom all things were created, it was meet that in his whole work, he should in all things have the preeminence, as our Apostle speaks Col. 1. 15, 16, 18. He was in every thing that he undertook, to be preferred and exalted above all others, who ever were employed in the Church, or ever should be; and therefore was he made a Priest not without an Oath.
1. This was due unto the Glory of his Person. The Son of God in infinite Grace condescending unto the susception of this Office, and the discharge of all the Duties of it, it was meet that all things which might contribute any thing unto the Glory, or efficacy of it should accompany his undertakings. For being in himself the Image