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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.
(2) As unto our future entrance into Glory. Under this capacity as a Forerunner, it belongs unto him to prepare Mansions for us in his Fathers House, whither he is gone, and which he hath promised to do, Joh. 14. 23. He prepares Mansions for us, and he prepares us for those Mansions, suiting Grace and Glory unto each other. Heaven indeed is ready for us, whenever we are meet and ready for Heaven.
3. By the way of Possession. He had now obtained for the Church Eternal Redemption, and purchased for them and in their Name an Everlasting Inheritance, Acts 26. 18. This he went, for them and in their Name to take possession of, and to reserve it in the Heavens for them, 1 Pet. 1. 4. Hereon being by Adoption made Heirs of God, they become to be Coheirs with Christ, Rom. 8. 17. and are at last admitted into the same Glory with him. So is he a Forerunner for us.
3. As a Forerunner he is entered within the Veil; that is, into Heaven it self, the place of the glorious Presence of God. And this also may be considered two ways.
3. As a Forerunner he is entred within the Vail; that is, into Heaven it self, the place of the glorious Presence of God. And this also may be considered two ways.