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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.
1. With respect unto what he hath already done for us; and two things are included therein. (1) That he had completely finished the work he had to do upon the Earth. He had absolutely won the Victory, and secured the Church from all its spiritual Adversaries. Without this a Triumphant Entrance into Heaven had not been granted unto him. (2) Gods blessed Approbation of all that he had done here below, Isa. 53. 11, 12. Phil. 2. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.
1. With respect unto what he hath already done for us; and two things are included therein. (1) That he had compleatly finished the work he had to do upon the Earth. He had absolutely won the Victory, and secured the Church from all its spiritual Adversaries. Without this a Triumphant Entrance into Heaven had not been granted unto him. (2) Gods blessed Approbation of all that he had done here below, Isa. 53. 11, 12. Phil. 2. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.
2. With respect unto what he hath yet to do for us. Hence it is that he is not said absolutely to enter into his Glory; but to enter as a Priest, as through a Veil, as into the Holy place; where he continues as our Forerunner in the exercise of that Office; as the Apostle declares in the close of the Verse; made an High Priest after the order of Melchizedek, whereof we must treat in the next Chapter.
2. With respect unto what he hath yet to do for us. Hence it is that he is not said absolutely to enter into his Glory; but to enter as a Priest, as through a Vail, as into the Holy place; where he continues as our Forerunner in the exercise of that Office; as the Apostle declares in the close of the Verse; made an High Priest after the order of Melchisedec, whereof we must treat in the next Chapter.