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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.
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.
III. This Kingly Office of Melchizedek is farther asserted by the Specification of the Place where he was King and Reigned. He was King of Salem. There hath been great enquiry about, and much uncertainty there is concerning this place or City. Two 1Opinions, all sorts of those who have enquired into these things with any Sobriety, do incline unto. For as for one who hath not long since affirmed, that this Salem is Jerusalem that is above, the Mother of us all, he hath thought meet to give other Instances also, how little he understands the things he undertakes to treat about. But some think it was that City, and no other, which was afterwards called Jerusalem, and became in David's time, and so for a long continuance, the Principal seat of the Church and Solemn Worship of God. This place they say was first called Salem, and afterwards; it may be presently after the Reign of this Melchizedek, and on the occasion thereof, by the addition of [Greek or Hebrew] or [Greek or Hebrew] a Vision, or, they shall see Peace, called Jerusalem. Others think that Salem was a City or Town not far from Shechem, which was afterwards destroyed; and there are Reasons for both Opinions.
III. This Kingly Office of Melchisedec is farther asserted by the Specification of the Place where he was King and Reigned. He was King of Salem. There hath been great enquiry about, and much uncertainty there is concerning this place or City. Two 1Opinions, all sorts of those who have enquired into these things with any Sobriety, do incline unto. For as for one who hath not long since affirmed, that this Salem is Hierusalem that is above, the Mother of us all, he hath thought meet to give other Instances also, how little he understands the things he undertakes to treat about. But some think it was that City, and no other, which was afterwards called Hierusalem, and became in David's time, and so for a long continuance, the Principal seat of the Church and Solemn VVorship of God. This place they say was first called Salem, and afterwards; it may be presently after the Reign of this Melchisedec, and on the occasion thereof, by the addition of 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 or 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 a Vision, or, they shall see Peace, called Hierusalem. Others think that Salem was a City or Town not far from Sychem, which was afterwards destroyed; and there are Reasons for both Opinions.