A53678:1812
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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3. The actual Intercession of Christ in Heaven, as the second Act of his sacerdotal Office, is a fundamental Article of our Faith, and a principal Foundation of the Churches consolation. So is it asserted to be, 1 John 2. 1, 2. And it is expressed by our Apostle, as that whereby the Death of Christ is made effectual unto us, Rom. 8. 3, 4. For it compriseth the whole care, and all the Actings of Christ as our High Priest with God, in the behalf of the Church. This therefore is the immediate spring of all Gracious communications unto us. For hereby doth he act his own Care, Love, and Compassion; and from thence do we receive all Mercy, all Supplies of Grace and Consolation, needful unto our Duties, Temptations and Trials. Hereon depends all our encouragement to make our Application unto God, to come with boldness of Faith unto the Throne of Grace, Chap. 4. 15, 16. Chap. 10. 21, 22. Wherefore whatever Apprehensions we may attain of the manner of it, the thing it self is the centre of our Faith, Hope, and Consolation.
3. The actual Intercession of Christ in Heaven, as the second Act of his sacerdotal Office, is a fundamental Article of our Faith, and a principal Foundation of the Churches consolation. So is it asserted to be, 1 John 2. 1, 2. And it is expressed by our Apostle, as that whereby the Death of Christ is made effectual unto us, Rom. 8. 3, 4. For it comprizeth the whole care, and all the Actings of Christ as our High Priest with God, in the behalf of the Church. This therefore is the immediate spring of all Gracious communications unto us. For hereby doth he act his own Care, Love, and Compassion; and from thence do we receive all Mercy, all Supplies of Grace and Consolation, needful unto our Duties, Temptations and Trials. Hereon depends all our encouragement to make our Application unto God, to come with boldness of Faith unto the Throne of Grace, Chap. 4. 15, 16. Chap. 10. 21, 22. Wherefore whatever Apprehensions we may attain of the manner of it, the thing it self is the center of our Faith, Hope, and Consolation.