A53678:1986
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. And it must be invalid unto any such Purpose, if it had no other antecedent foundation, that did indeed precede the former Grant: for if it have so, it may rationally be supposed to be farther declared on purpose to supersede it.
Now thus it was with the Law in respect unto the Promise, which (as the Apostle proves) going before it, could not be disannulled by it. For,
Now thus it was with the Law in respect unto the Promise, which (as the Apostle proves) going before it, could not be disanulled by it. For,
1. The Law as it was then ordained of God, was consistent with the Promise; Yea, and given in the pursuit of it; so as that there was no need that any should forsake the Promise to comply with the Will of God in giving the Law.
2. The Law as it was inferior in Dignity and Use unto the Promise, so it was made subordinate and subservient unto it. For the man end of giving the Law, was to guide and direct the Church unto the right use and benefit of the Promise.