A53678:2095
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. He himself calleth his own Body his Temple, with respect unto the Temple at Jerusalem, which was of the same nature and use with the Tabernacle, John 2. 19, 22. And this he did, because his Body was that true substantial Temple and Tabernacle whereof he was the Minister.
4. That is the true Tabernacle which God truly and really inhabiteth, and on the account whereof he is our God. This was the nature, use and end of the Tabernacle of old. God dwelt therein in the signs and pledges of his presence, and was on the account thereof the God of that People, according to the terms of the Covenant between them, Exod. 25. 8. Rev. 21. 3. That therefore wherein God dwells really and substantially, and on the account whereof he is our God in the Covenant of Grace, that and no other is the true Tabernacle. But this is in Christ alone; For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily, Col. 2. 9. Thus the Humane Nature of Christ is that true substantial Tabernacle, wherein God dwelleth personally.
4. That is the true Tabernacle which God truly and really inhabiteth, and on the account whereof he is our God. This was the nature, use and end of the Tabernacle of old. God dwelt therein in the signs and pledges of his presence, and was on the account thereof the God of that People, according to the terms of the Covenant between them, Exod. 25. 8. Rev. 21. 3. That therefore wherein God dwells really and substantially, and on the account whereof he is our God in the Covenant of Grace, that and no other is the true Tabernacle. But this is in Christ alone; For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily,