A53678:2074
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.
[Greek or Hebrew] is to minister; either with God, or before God, as a Priest for others, or for God, in the Name of God towards others, as do Magistrates and Ministers of the Gospel. And therefore all these sorts are called [Greek or Hebrew], or said [Greek or Hebrew]. The Lord Christ is expressly spoken of here as a Priest; it is a name of his Priestly Office wherein he acts towards God. Nor is he any where called or said to be [Greek or Hebrew] in any of his Actings from God towards us; although he be said therein to be [Greek or Hebrew], Rom. 15. 8. that is, he was so in the days of his flesh, but that name now no way belongeth unto him. He is not therefore styled a Minister, because he executeth the Purposes of God towards us, as Schlictingius fancieth; but he acts towards God and before God on our behalf, according to the duty of a Priest. He went into Heaven to appear in the presence of God for us, and to discharge his Office before God on our behalf. And it is granted also, that by virtue thereof he doth also communicate all good things from God unto us. For the whole administration of things Sacred between God and the Church, is committed unto him. And we must observe, that
〈non-Latin alphabet〉 is to minister; either with God, or before God, as a Priest for others, or for God, in the Name of God towards others, as do Magistrates and Ministers of the Gospel. And therefore all these sorts are called 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, or said 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. The Lord Christ is expresly spoken of here as a Priest; it is a name of his Priestly Office wherein he acts towards God. Nor is he any where called or said to be 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 in any of his Actings from God towards us; although he be said therein to be 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, Rom. 15. 8. that is, he was so in the days of his flesh, but that name now no way belongeth unto him. He is not therefore styled a Minister, because he executeth the Purposes of God towards us, as Schlictingius fancieth; but he acts towards God and before God on our behalf, according to the duty of a Priest. He went into Heaven to appear in the presence of God for us, and to discharge his Office before God on our behalf. And it is granted also, that by vertue thereof he doth also communicate all good things from God unto us. For the whole administration of things Sacred between God and the Church, is committed unto him. And we must observe, that