A53678:2133
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.
Gods Ordination or Appointment gives Rules, Measures and ends unto all sacred Offices and Employments. Whoever undertakes any thing in Religion or Divine Worship, without it, besides it, beyond it, is a transgressor and therein worshippeth God in vain. He whom God doth not ordain in his service, is an Intruder; and that which he doth not appoint is an usurpation. Nor will he accept of any Duties, but what he himself hath made so.
Gods Ordination or Appointment gives Rules, Measures and ends unto all sacred Offices and Employments. Whoever undertakes any thing in Religion or Divine Worship, without it, besides it, beyond it, is a transgressour and therein worshippeth God in vain. He whom God doth not ordain in his service, is an Intruder; and that which he doth not appoint is an usurpation. Nor will he accept of any Dutys, but what he himself hath made so.
3. The principal end why the High Priests were ordained of God is expressed; it was 1to offer Gifts and Sacrifices. This appears in their Original Institution, Exod. Chap. 28. 29.
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1. They were to offer. God appointed Aaron and his successors, on purpose to offer Gifts and Sacrifices for the whole People.