A53678:1929
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.
This was the Duty, the order and method of the High Priests of old in their offerings and sacred services. This their weaknesses, Infirmities and Sins, as also the Sacrifices which they offered, did require. All that could be learned from it was, that some more excellent Priest and Sacrifice was to be introduced. For no Perfection, no Consummation in divine Favour, no settled Peace of Conscience could in this way be obtained; all things openly declared that so they could not be. And hence have we an Evidence of what is affirmed, Joh. 1. 17. The Law was given by Moses, but Grace and Truth came by Jesus Christ. And the Privilege or Advancement of the Church in its Deliverance from those various multiplied obscure means of Instruction, into the glorious light of the way and causes of our Adoption, Justification and Salvation, is inexpressibly great and full of Grace. No longer are we now obliged unto a rigid observance of those things which did not effect what they did represent. An increase in thankfulness, fruitfulness and holiness, cannot but be expected from us.
This was the Duty, the order and method of the High Priests of old in their offerings and sacred services. This their weaknesses, Infirmities and Sins, as also the Sacrifices which they offered, did require. All that could be learned from it was, that some more excellent Priest and Sacrifice was to be introduced. For no Perfection, no Consummation in divine Favour, no settled Peace of Conscience could in this way be obtained; all things openly declared that so they could not be. And hence have we an Evidence of what is affirmed, Joh. 1. 17. The Law was given by Moses, but Grace and Truth came by Jesus Christ. And the Priviledge or Advancement of the Church in its Deliverance from those various multiplyed obscure means of Instruction, into the glorious light of the way and causes of our Adoption, Justification and Salvation, is inexpressibly great and full of Grace. No longer are we now obliged unto a rigid observance of those things which did not effect what they did represent. An encrease in thankfulness, fruitfulness and holiness, cannot but be expected from us.