A53678:2146
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.
This necessity then was absolute. For without this no Office of Priesthood could be discharged, and consequently no Atonement be made, nor could we be brought unto God.
This necessity then was absolute. For without this no Office of Priesthood could be discharged, and consequently no Attonement be made, nor could we be brought unto God.
And it is said, that it was thus necessary [Greek or Hebrew], that he should have. And it is not 1Possession only that is intended; but Possession with respect unto use. He was so to have somewhat to offer, as to offer it accordingly. For it would not avail the Church to have an high Priest that should have somewhat to offer, if it were not actually offered. Wherefore respect is had both unto the meetness of Christ unto his Office, and his Faithfulness therein. He had what to offer, and he did offer it.
And it is said, that it was thus necessary 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, that he should have. And it is not 1Possession only that is intended; but Possession with respect unto use. He was so to have somewhat to offer, as to offer it accordingly. For it would not avail the Church to have an high Priest that should have somewhat to offer, if it were not actually offered. Wherefore respect is had both unto the meetness of Christ unto his Office, and his Faithfulness therein. He had what to offer, and he did offer it.
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