A53678:1970
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. That this High Priest thus promised, neither was to be nor could be, of the same stock, Nature, or Order with the Levitical priests, but one that was not only distinct from them, but really inconsistent with them. He manifests that there was no possibility they should be priests together, or that the Church should be under the conduct of them both.
4. Whereas hereon it may be said, who knows whether this change and Alteration will be to the Advantage of the Church or no, whether it were not better to adhere unto these priests which we have already, than relinquishing them and all Benefits by them, to betake our selves unto this new High Priest; the Apostle in answer ⟨p. 269⟩unto this possible Objection, declares in sundry instances the excellency of this other Priest above them. And not only so, but he proves undeniably that by all which those other Priests did perform in divine service, and by all that the Law could effect, whereby they were constituted and made Priests, there was no Access unto God, no Perfection, nor Consummation in peace of Conscience to be obtained. For there were so many defects and weaknesses that accompanied them and their services, as rendered them wholly unable to attain those great Ends. On the other hand he manifesteth and proveth that by this one single High Priest now introduced, and his one sacrifice offered once for all, by reason of the perfection of the one and the other, all those blessed Ends were completely accomplished.
4. Whereas hereon it may be said, who knows whether this change and Alteration will be to the Advantage of the Church or no, whether it were not better to adhere unto these priests which we have already, than relinquishing them and all Benefits by them, to betake our selves unto this new High Priest; the Apostle in answer ⟨p. 269⟩unto this possible Objection, declares in sundry instances the excellency of this other Priest above them. And not only so, but he proves undeniably that by all which those other Priests did perform in divine service, and by all that the Law could effect, whereby they were constituted and made Priests, there was no Access unto God, no Perfection, nor Consummation in peace of Conscience to be obtained. For there were so many defects and weaknesses that accompanied them and their services, as rendred them wholly unable to attain those great Ends. On the other hand he manifesteth and proveth that by this one single High Priest now introduced, and his one sacrifice offered once for all, by reason of the perfection of the one and the other, all those blessed Ends were compleatly accomplished.