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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.
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 Psal. 110. For whereas they cannot understand how the Messiah should be a Priest, and perceive well enough the inconsistency of the Legal Priesthood with such a supposition, they would have the word Cohen in the Psalms to signify a Prince or a Ruler. But although the word used absolutely may be applied sometimes to such a Purpose, yet where God is proposed as its object, a Priest of God, or unto God, none can be signified but one in the Priestly Office. (2.) He was a Priest unto the most High God. This is the first time that this Title is ascribed unto God in the Scripture, which afterwards is frequently repeated, ⟨p. 101⟩and so also are others of the same Importance, as God above, God over all, the God of Heaven, and absolutely the most High. And it is either Descriptive or Distinctive, as all such Attributes and Epithets are.
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 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, doth he render 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 in Moses. (1.) He was 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 a Priest to God. This determines the sence of the word Cohen to the Office of the Priesthood; contrary to the Pretensions of some Modern Jews, and the Targum on Psal. 110. For whereas they cannot understand how the Messiah should be a Priest, and perceive well enough the inconsistency of the Legal Priesthood with such a supposition, they would have the word Cohen in the Psalms to signifie a Prince or a Ruler. But although the word used absolutely may be applyed sometimes to such a Purpose, yet where God is proposed as its object, a Priest of God, or unto God, none can be signified but one in the Priestly Office. (2.) He was a Priest unto the most High God. This is the first time that this Title is ascribed unto God in the Scripture, which afterwards is frequently repeated,