A53678:889
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.
The Apostle issueth this long digression as he doth all his other Discourses, in the Person of Christ; who being the Author and Finisher of our Faith, with him he begins, and in him he ends continually. And three things he aims at in this Verse.
1. To give new Assurance unto the efficacy and prevalency of Hope fixed on the Promise as it enters in unto that within the Veil; namely, because Christ our High Priest is there. It enters there, [Greek or Hebrew], whither Christ is gone. Even Heaven it self would be no safe place for us to fix the Anchor of our Trust and 1Hope in, if Christ were not there. For without him there would be no Throne of Grace in Heaven, as there could have been no Typical Throne in the Sanctuary, without the Mercy-seat. And this contains the relation between the two Verses; wherein we see that,
1. To give new Assurance unto the efficacy and prevalency of Hope fixed on the Promise as it enters in unto that within the Vail; namely, because Christ our High Priest is there. It enters there, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, whither Christ is gone. Even Heaven it self would be no safe place for us to fix the Anchor of our Trust and 1Hope in, if Christ were not there. For without him there would be no Throne of Grace in Heaven, as there could have been no Typical Throne in the Sanctuary, without the Mercy-seat. And this contains the relation between the two Verses; wherein we see that,
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