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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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2. This is the Person spoken of; and the first thing in the Description of him is his Office, that he was a King. So he is Reported in the first mention of him, Gen. 14. 18. Melchizedek King of Salem. Now whereas this doth not belong unto that wherein he was 1principally to be a Type of Christ, nor is the Lord Christ any where said to be a King after the Order of Melchizedek, nor doth the Apostle make any Use of the consideration of this Office in him. We may enquire wherefore God placed him in that state and condition. And there seem to have been two Ends thereof.
2. This is the Person spoken of; and the first thing in the Description of him is his Office, that he was a King. So he is Reported in the first mention of him, Gen. 14. 18. Melchisedec King of Salem. Now whereas this doth not belong unto that wherein he was 1principally to be a Type of Christ, nor is the Lord Christ any where said to be a King after the Order of Melchisedec, nor doth the Apostle make any Use of the consideration of this Office in him. We may enquire wherefore God placed him in that state and condition. And there seem to have been two Ends thereof.
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1. To make his Typical Ministry the more eminent and conspicuous. For, placing him in the condition of Regal Power and Authority, what he was and did, would necessary be more conspicuous and more regarded, than if he had been only a private man. And moreover by those Possessions and Wealth which he had as a King, he was enabled unto the Solemn and Costly discharge of his Office of Priesthood in Sacrifices and other Solemnities. God therefore made him a King, that he might be known and observed as he was a Priest, and be able to bear the Burden of that Office. And these things were then not only consistent, but some Preparation seems to be made for the Conjunction of these Offices, by the Privilege and Rights of Primogeniture, whereof I have Discoursed else-where. Now although nothing can be concluded from hence concerning the Preeminence of the Priestly Office among men above the Regal, which the Romanists plead for, from more vain and empty pretences; yet it doth follow, that the greatest Temporal Dignities and Enjoyments, ought to be subservient unto Spiritual things, and the Concerns of Christ.