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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.
1. That all spiritually sacred and holy things are laid up in Christ. All the utensils of Holy Worship of old, all means of Sacred Light and Purification, were all placed and laid up in the Tabernacle. And these were all Patterns of the heavenly things themselves, which are all laid up in Christ the true Tabernacle. They are all enclosed in him, and it will be in vain to seek for them elsewhere. For
1. That all spiritually sacred and holy things are laid up in Christ. All the utensils of Holy Worship of old, all means of Sacred Light and Purification, were all placed and laid up in the Tabernacle. And these were all Patterns of the heavenly things themselves, which are all laid up in Christ the true Tabernacle. They are all inclosed in him, and it will be in vain to seek for them elsewhere. For
2. He hath the Ministration of all these holy things committed unto him. He is the Minister both of the Sanctuary and Tabernacle, and of all things contained in them. Herein he stands in no need of help or assistance, nor can any take his work out of his hand.
3. The Humane Nature of Christ is the only true Tabernacle wherein God would dwell personally and substantially. The dwelling of God with men, was ever looked on as an infinite condescension. So Solomon expressed it in his Prayer at the dedication of the Temple, But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, the heaven, and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee, 1 Kings 8. 27. But there are various degrees of this condescension, various kinds of this inhabitation of God among men. Under the Old Testament, he dwelt in the Tabernacle and Temple, by many symbols and pledges of his glorious presence. Such in especial was the Ark and Mercy-seat; whence that which was done before the Ark, is said to be done before the Lord,