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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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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.
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 onely 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 onely consistent, but some Preparation seems to be made for the Conjunction of these Offices, by the Priviledge 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.