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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
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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.
Now the Lord Jesus being thus entered into Heaven as our Forerunner, gives us manifold security of our entrance thither also, in the appointed season. This he assures us of, Joh. 14. 3, 19. For (1) He passed through all the Storms of Trials, Temptations, Persecutions, and Death it self, that we are exposed unto; and yet is landed safely in Eternal Glory. His Anchor was Trust and Hope in all his Storms, chap. 2. 13. Isa. 50. 7, 8, 9. And it was tried to the utmost, Psal. 22. 8, 9, 10. It preserved him in them all, and will be no less Faithful unto the whole Church. As he hath thus gone before us, he is able to succour us, and hath given us in himself a Pledge of success. (2) He is now where our Hope is fixed, namely, within the Veil, where he takes care of it and will preserve it unto the end.
Now the Lord Jesus being thus entred into Heaven as our Forerunner, gives us manifold security of our entrance thither also, in the appointed season. This he assures us of,