A53678:2178
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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I answer unto the first, That if he had been a Priest on the Earth to have discharged the whole work of his Priesthood here below, whilst they were Priests also; then he must either have been of the same order with them, or of another; and have offered Sacrifices of the same kind as they did, or Sacrifices of another kind. But neither of these could be. For he could not be of the same order with them. This the Apostle proves because he was of the Tribe of Judah, which was excluded from the Priesthood, in that it was appropriated unto the Tribe of Levi, and Family of Aaron. And therefore also he could not offer the same Sacrifices with them, for none might do so by the Law but themselves. And of another order together with them he could not be. For there is nothing foretold of Priests of several Orders in the Church at the same time. Yea, as we have proved before, the Introduction of a Priesthood of another order was not only inconsistent with that Priesthood, but destructive of the Law itself, and all its Institutions. Wherefore whilst they continued Priests according to the Law, Christ could not be a Priest among them, neither of their order nor of another; that is, if the whole administration of his Office had been upon the Earth together with theirs, He could not be a Priest among them.
I answer unto the first, That if he had been a Priest on the Earth to have discharged the whole work of his Priesthood here below, whil'st they were Priests also; then he must either have been of the same order with them, or of another; and have offered Sacrifices of the same kind as they did, or Sacrifices of another kind. But neither of these could be. For he could not be of the same order with them. This the Apostle proves because he was of the Tribe of Judah, which was excluded from the Priesthood, in that it was appropriated unto the Tribe of Levi, and Family of Aaron. And therefore also he could not offer the same Sacrifices with them, for none might do so by the Law but themselves. And of another order together with them he could not be. For there is nothing foretold of Priests of several Orders in the Church at the same time. Yea, as we have proved before, the Introduction of a Priesthood of another order was not only inconsistent with that Priesthood, but destructive of the Law itself, and all its Institutions. Wherefore whil'st they continued Priests according to the Law, Christ could not be a Priest among them, neither of their order nor of another; that is, if the whole administration of his Office had been upon the Earth together with theirs, He could not be a Priest among them.