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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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Melchizedek, they tell us, as a Priest and Type of Christ did offer this Bread and Wine in Sacrifice to God. Herein, they add, alone was he Typical of Christ, who offered himself unto God under the Appearance of Bread and Wine. And he also Instituted the Sacrifice of the Mass, wherein he should be so Offered continually unto the end of the World. And on that Account alone (they say) he continueth a Priest for ever. For if he had not appointed Priests here in his room to Offer him unto God, that Office of his would have ceased, as Bellarmine disputes at large.
Melchisedec, they tell us, as a Priest and Type of Christ did offer this Bread and Wine in Sacrifice to God. Herein, they add, alone was he Typical of Christ, who offered himself unto God under the Appearance of Bread and Wine. And he also Instituted the Sacrifice of the Mass, wherein he should be so Offered continually unto the end of the World. And on that Account alone (they say) he continueth a Priest for ever. For if he had not appointed Priests here in his room to Offer him unto God, that Office of his would have ceased, as Bellarmine disputes at large.
It were easy to make naked the fondness of these Imaginations, would our present Design permit. Some few things may be Remarked on their Assertions. As, (1.) The Apostle in this whole Discourse wherein Melchizedek is introduced and concerned, treateth not at all of the Sacrifice of Christ, nor intimates any Resemblance between the Offering of Melchizedek and that of Christ; but it is the Office alone and its Dignity which he insists upon, designing to treat afterwards at large about his Sacrifice. And when he doth so, he doth not in the least compare it with the Sacrifice of Melchizedek, but with those of Aaron according to the Law; so that here was no occasion for him to mention any Sacrifice of Melchizedek's, should any such thing be supposed in the Text of Moses. (2.) A Supposition of such a Sacrifice of Bread and Wine as that pleaded for, is contrary to the Apostles Design, and destructive of it. For whereas he endeavoureth to prove that the Priesthood of Melchizedek was far more Excellent than that of Levi, he could not do it by this, that he Offered Bread and Wine in Sacrifice, for so also did the Levitical Priests,