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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
Exegesis of chapter 7: An Exposition on the VII. CHAPTER of the Epistle to the Hebrews. CHAP. VII.
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.) Unto the Removal, Abolition, or taking away out of the Church, the whole Aaronical Priesthood, with all the Worship of the Tabernacle and Temple, which depended thereon. This he Evidently proves to ensue from the Respect that was had unto the Lord Christ in the Priesthood of Melchizedek, whereof he had given an Account. Hereunto do all Arguings belong, ver. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17.
(1.) Unto the Removal, Abolition, or taking away out of the Church, the whole Aaronical Priesthood, with all the Worship of the Tabernacle and Temple, which depended thereon. This he Evidently proves to ensue from the Respect that was had unto the Lord Christ in the Priesthood of Melchisedec, whereof he had given an Account. Hereunto do all Arguings belong, ver. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17.
(2.) Unto the Excellency of the Priesthood of Christ in it self above that of the Tabernacle, ⟨p. 91⟩even during its continuance, which follows no less evidently from what he had proved before, ver. 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24.
(3.) Having laid this Foundation in his Demonstration of the Necessary removal of the Aaronical Priesthood, and the preeminence of that of Christ above it, even whilst it did continue, he further declares the Nature of it, from the Dignity and Qualifications of his Person, with the manner of the discharge of his Office on this Account, ver. 24, 25, 26, 27, 28. For the Design of the Apostle in this Epistle, especially in this Chapter and the three that ensue, is to open unto us, or turn aside a double Veil; the one here below, the other above: That below is the Veil that was on all the Ordinances, Institutions, Ceremonies, and Types of the Law. This is the Veil that is unto this day upon the Jews, that they cannot see unto the end of the things that were to be done away. This he removes by giving a clear and full Account of the mind of God in them, of their Use and Signification. The other above is the Veil of the Heavenly Sanctuary: This he opens unto us in a Declaration of the Ministry of Christ our High Priest therein, as we shall see. And under these Heads, as the Apostle plainly convinceth the Hebrews of the Ceasing of their Priesthood and Worship, and that unto the unspeakable Advantage of the Church; So to us he doth unfold the Principal Design and End of all the Mosaical Types of the Old Testament, with the Institution of God in them.