A53678:1994
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. This Priesthood had its Reasons, Grounds, Foundation and Representation long before the giving of the Law. For besides that it had a virtual constitution in the first Promise 2000 years before the giving of the Law, it had also a Typical Representation before it in the Priesthood of Melchizedek; and it received only a Declaration and Confirmation in the Account given of the Oath of God after the Law.
3. This Priesthood had its Reasons, Grounds, Foundation and Representation long before the giving of the Law. For besides that it had a virtual constitution in the first Promise 2000 years before the giving of the Law, it had also a Typical Representation before it in the Priesthood of Melchisedek; and it received only a Declaration and Confirmation in the Account given of the Oath of God after the Law.
Wherefore the direct contrary is here the matter in hand, unto what is spoken ⟨p. 271⟩unto in that other Argument of the Apostle. And therein the first thing, namely, the Promise was confirmed by an Oath, the latter was not. But here the latter which was after the Law, was confirmed by the Oath of God, which the Law was not. And hereon its being after the Law is a sufficient Evidence of its preeminence above the Law, and all the Institutions of it. For hereby was that introduced which was to supply all the defects and weaknesses of the Law and its Priesthood, and so to disannul them and take them out of the way.
Wherefore the direct contrary is here the matter in hand, unto what is spoken ⟨p. 271⟩unto in that other Argument of the Apostle. And therein the first thing, namely, the Promise was confirmed by an Oath, the latter was not. But here the latter which was after the Law, was confirmed by the Oath of God, which the Law was not. And hereon its being after the Law is a sufficient Evidence of its preeminence above the Law, and all the Institutions of it. For hereby was that introduced which was to supply all the defects and weaknesses of the Law and its Priesthood, and so to disanul them and take them out of the way.