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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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3. A Divine Call is a sufficient Warranty for the acting of them according unto it, who are so Called, and the Obedience of others unto them in their Work or Office. By Virtue hereof this Melchizedek arose in the midst of the Nations of the World, took on him a new Office and Power, being owned and submitted unto therein, by Abraham and all that Believed.
3. A Divine Call is a sufficient Warranty for the acting of them according unto it, who are so Called, and the Obedience of others unto them in their Work or Office. By Virtue hereof this Melchisedec arose in the midst of the Nations of the World, took on him a new Office and Power, being owned and submitted unto therein, by Abraham and all that Believed.
4. The first Personal Instituted Type of Christ was a Priest: This was Melchizedek. There were before real Instituted Types of his Work, as Sacrifices. And there were Moral Types of his Person, as Adam, Abel, and Noah, which Represented him in sundry things. But the first Person who was Solemnly designed to teach and represent him by what he was and did, was a Priest. And that which God taught herein was, That the Foundation of all that the Lord Christ had to do in and for the Church was laid in his Priestly Office, whereby he made Atonement and Reconciliation for Sin. Every thing else that he doth is Built on the supposition hereof. And we must begin in the Application where God begins in the Exhibition. An Interest in the Effects of the Priestly Office of Christ, is that which in the first place we ought to look after. This being attained, we shall be willing to be Taught and Ruled by him, and not else.
4. The first Personal Instituted Type of Christ was a Priest: This was Melchisedec. There were before real Instituted Types of his Work, as Sacrifices. And there were Moral Types of his Person, as Adam, Abel, and Noah, which Represented him in sundry things. But the first Person who was Solemnly designed to teach and represent him by what he was and did, was a Priest. And that which God taught herein was, That the Foundation of all that the Lord Christ had to do in and for the Church was laid in his Priestly Office, whereby he made Attonement and Reconciliation for Sin. Every thing else that he doth is Built on the supposition hereof. And we must begin in the Application where God begins in the Exhibition. An Interest in the Effects of the Priestly Office of Christ, is that which in the first place we ought to look after. This being attained, we shall be willing to be Taught and Ruled by him, and not else.