A53678:1782
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.
1. It is to come in Obedience unto his Authority, and that on a double account. (1.) Of the way of coming. It is not by legal Institutions, it is not by our own Inventions, it is only by his Appointment. Matth. 28. 20. To come to God any other way, gives us no interest in the care or saving Power of Christ, John 15. 7, 8. (2.) Of that especial respect which we have in our Souls and Consciences unto his Sovereign Rule over us.
1. It is to come in Obedience unto his Authority, and that on a double account. (1.) Of the way of coming. It is not by legal Institutions, it is not by our own Inventions, it is only by his Appointment. Matth. 28. 20. To come to God any other way, gives us no interest in the care or saving Power of Christ, John 15. 7, 8. (2.) Of that especial respect which we have in our Souls and Consciences unto his Soveraign Rule over us.
2. With Affiance in his Mediation. And therein Faith hath respect unto two things, (1.) The Sacrifice he hath offered, the Atonement and Reconciliation he hath made for us, whereon our whole liberty of Access unto God doth depend, Chap. 10. 19, 20, 21, 22. (2.) To his Intercession whereby he procures actual Acceptance for our Persons and our Duties, Heb. 4. 16. 1 John 2. 2.
2. With Affiance in his Mediation. And therein Faith hath respect unto two things, (1.) The Sacrifice he hath offered, the Attonement and Reconciliation he hath made for us, whereon our whole liberty of Accesse unto God doth depend, Chap. 10. 19, 20, 21, 22. (2.) To his Intercession whereby he procures actual Acceptance for our Persons and our Duties,