A53678:1758
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
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4. All these Offices, whether vested jointly in any one other Person, or severally and distinctly in several Persons, as they were under the Old Testament, could never extend their Acts and Effects unto all the occasions and necessities of the Church. The business of our Apostle, in this chapter, is to prove, that the Office of the Priesthood as vested in Aaron and his Successors, made nothing perfect, did not consummate the Church state, nor could effect its Salvation. The Kingly Office as it was Typically managed by David and others, was remote from answering that Rule and Safety which the Church stood in need of. Neither did nor could ⟨p. 236⟩any one Prophet, no nor yet all the Prophets together, reveal and declare the whole Counsel of God. But,
5. These Offices as they were in Christ did perfectly answer, and yet do, all that belongs to the Redemption, Sanctification, Protection and Salvation of the Church. And this they do on two Accounts,
1. Because they were Committed unto him in a more full, ample and unlimited manner, than either they were, or could be unto others, on Purpose that they might answer all the ends of Gods Grace towards the Church. So as he was made a King; not this or that degree or enlargement of Power was committed unto him, but all Power in Heaven and in Earth, over all the Creation of God, in all things Spiritual, Temporal and Eternal. See our Description and Delineation of this Power, on Chap. 1. ver. 2, 3. As a Prophet he did not receive this or that particular Revelation from God, but all the Treasures of Wisdom and Knowledge were laid up in him, and he knew the whole mind and Counsel of God, as coming forth from his Divine Bosom. And as unto his Sacerdotal Office, we are now engaged in an enquiry into its especial nature, as differing from, and exalted above, whatever was committed unto any of the Sons of men, under that Name.