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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.
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.
Secondly, The Apostle adds the Limitation of this his Office of Priesthood, as to its Author and especial Object, and that is, the most High God. For so by [Greek or Hebrew], doth he render [Greek or Hebrew] in Moses. (1.) He was [Greek or Hebrew] a Priest to God. This determines the sense of the word Cohen to the Office of the Priesthood; contrary to the Pretensions of some Modern Jews, and the Targum on