A53678:1592
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.
3. In the Sacrifices wherewith they were consecrated and actually set apart unto that Office whereunto they were called. And these two were peculiar unto them, there being no use of them in the consecration of Christ, for both of them did declare their whole Administration to be external and carnal, and therefore could never make any thing perfect, nor were capable of a confirmation unto perpetuity.
But the Promise made unto Phinehas seems to be express for an eternity in this Priesthood. Behold, saith God, I give unto him my Covenant of Peace, and he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the Covenant of an Everlasting Priesthood. Num. 25. 12, 13. But this proves not a certain absolute perpetuity of this Priesthood of Phinehas. For,
But the Promise made unto Phineas seems to be expresse for an eternity in this Priesthood. Behold, saith God, I give unto him my Covenant of Peace, and he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the Covenant of an Everlasting Priesthood. Num. 25. 12, 13. But this proves not a certain absolute perpetuity of this Priesthood of Phineas. For,
1. The Covenant intended, was not a complete solemn Covenant confirmed either by Oath or Sacrifice, but only a naked Promise or Declaration of the VVill of God. And that [Greek or Hebrew] is frequently used for such a promise, as wherein the nature of a Covenant is not contained, is acknowledged by the Jews themselves.
1. The Covenant intended, was not a compleat solemn Covenant confirmed either by Oath or Sacrifice, but only a naked Promise or Declaration of the VVill of God. And that is frequently used for such a promise, as wherein the nature of a Covenant is not contained, is acknowledged by the Jews themselves.