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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 › Exegesis of verses 1, 2, 3: Ver. 1, 2, 3.
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For the Person spoken of, and Described by his Name, Melchizedek, I shall in this place say no more of him but what is Necessary for the Understanding of the Text. For I shall not here Examine those Opinions and Disputes concerning him, which for the most part have been raised by needless Curiosity: the fond and impious imagination of them who would have him, some of them, to be the Holy Ghost, and some of them God, even the Father himself, have been long since exploded. That he was an Angel in Humane Appearance, is so contrary to the Design of the Apostle, that not many have given Countenance to that Opinion.
For the Person spoken of, and Described by his Name, Melchisedec, I shall in this place say no more of him but what is Necessary for the Understanding of the Text. For I shall not here Examine those Opinions and Disputes concerning him, which for the most part have been raised by needless Curiosity: the fond and impious imagination of them who would have him, some of them, to be the Holy Ghost, and some of them God, even the Father himself, have been long since exploded. That he was an Angel in Humane Appearance, is so contrary to the Design of the Apostle, that not many have given Countenance to that Opinion.
But that he was the Son of God himself, in a prelibation of his Incarnation, taking upon him the Form of a man, as he did afterwards the internal Form and Being in the Personal Union, some Learned Men have conjectured and contended. Howbeit, this also is directly contrary to the Text, wherein he is said to be made like unto the Son of God. And indeed all such Opinions as make him more than Man, are wholly inconsistent with the Design of the Apostle, which is to prove, that even among men, there was a Priest and Priesthood representative of Christ, and his Priesthood Superior to that of the Law; which hath nothing of Argument in it, if he were more than a Man. Besides he lays it down for a certain Principle, That every High Priest is taken from among men, Chap. 5. 1. And therefore if Melchizedek were an High Priest, he was so also.
But that he was the Son of God himself, in a prelibation of his Incarnation, taking upon him the Form of a man, as he did afterwards the internal Form and Being in the Personal Union, some Learned Men have conjectured and contended. Howbeit, this also is directly contrary to the Text, wherein he is said to be made like unto the Son of God. And indeed all such Opinions as make him more than Man, are wholly inconsistent with the Design of the Apostle, which is to prove, that even among men, there was a Priest and Priesthood representative of Christ, and his Priesthood Superiour to that of the Law; which hath nothing of Argument in it, if he were more than a Man. Besides he lays it down for a certain Principle, That every High Priest is taken from among men, Chap. 5. 1. And therefore if Melchisedec were an High Priest, he was so also.