A53678:1916
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.
2. The second thing in these words is the Declaration of them that lay under this necessity which our High Priest was not liable unto, [Greek or Hebrew], As the High Priests, that is, those High Priests of the Law concerning whom he had treated. So 1we well render the words, as those High Priests, in like manner as they were, or as they had need. For the Apostle with respect unto the Levitical Priesthood carrieth on the comparison between Christ and them, especially in the instance of the High Priests and the Discharge of their Office; For they were the Head of the Priesthood, and the Glory of the Church of Israel. Howbeit all other priests employed in the holy Offerings and Sacrifices of the People, are included herein. And it is apparent that if the Priesthood of Christ doth so far excel that Office in the High Priests of the Old Testament, it must needs excel it in those of a subordinate Order or Degree. All these priests had need to offer in the manner here expressed.
2. The second thing in these words is the Declaration of them that lay under this necessity which our High Priest was not liable unto, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, As the High Priests, that is, those High Priests of the Law concerning whom he had treated. So 1we well render the words, as those High Priests, in like manner as they were, or as they had need. For the Apostle with respect unto the Levitical Priesthood carrieth on the comparison between Christ and them, especially in the instance of the High Priests and the Discharge of their Office; For they were the Head of the Priesthood, and the Glory of the Church of Israel. Howbeit all other priests employed in the holy Offerings and Sacrifices of the People, are included herein. And it is apparent that if the Priesthood of Christ doth so far excell that Office in the High Priests of the Old Testament, it must needs excell it in those of a subordinate Order or Degree. All these priests had need to offer in the manner here expressed.
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