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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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Two things every way consistent with the scope and purpose of the Apostle, yea, Eminently subservient thereunto, I shall take leave to add; the one as my Judgment, the other as a probable Conjecture only. And the first is, that although he Lived and Dwelt in Canaan, then and afterwards principally possessed by the Posterity of the Son of Ham so called, yet he was none of the Seven Nations or People therein that were in the Curse of Noah devoted unto Bondage and Destruction. For whereas they were therein by a Spirit of Prophecy Anathematized and cast out of the Church, as also devoted unto Destruction, God would not raise up among them, that is of their Accursed Seed, the most glorious Ministry that ever was in the World, with respect unto Typical Signification, which was all that could be in the World until the Son of God came in his own Person. This I take to be true, and do somewhat wonder that no Expositors did ever take any Notice of it, seeing it is necessary to be granted from the Analogy of Sacred Truth.
Two things every way consistent with the scope and purpose of the Apostle, yea, Eminently subservient thereunto, I shall take leave to add; the one as my Judgment, the other as a probable Conjecture onely. And the first is, that although he Lived and Dwelt in Canaan, then and afterwards principally possessed by the Posterity of the Son of Cham so called, yet he was none of the Seven Nations or People therein that were in the Curse of Noah devoted unto Bondage and Destruction. For whereas they were therein by a Spirit of Prophecy Anathematized and cast out of the Church, as also devoted unto Destruction, God would not raise up among them, that is of their Accursed Seed, the most glorious Ministry that ever was in the World, with respect unto Typical Signification, which was all that could be in the World until the Son of God came in his own Person. This I take to be true, and do somewhat wonder that no Expositors did ever take any Notice of it, seeing it is necessary to be granted from the Analogy of Sacred Truth.
My Conjecture is, that he was a Person of the Posterity of Japheth, who was principally to be regarded, as the Father of the Gentiles that were to be called. Noah had Prophesied, that God should enlarge the Heart of Japheth, or persuade him so, as that he should return to dwell in the Tents of Shem,