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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.
5. This Congress of Melchizedek and Abraham, after Abraham had gotten the Victory over all his Adversaries, was a Type and Representation of the Glorious Congress and Meeting of Christ and the Church at the last day, when the whole Church shall have finished its warfare, and be Victorious over the World, Sin, the Law, Death and Hell. Then will the Lord Christ bring out the Stores of Heaven for their Eternal Refreshment, and give them in the fullness of the Blessing, and all things shall issue in the Glory of the most High God. All the Promises are unto him that overcometh. And we we may observe, That,
5. This Congress of Melchisedec and Abraham, after Abraham had gotten the Victory over all his Adversaries, was a Type and Representation of the Glorious Congress and Meeting of Christ and the Church at the last day, when the whole Church shall have finished its warfare, and be Victorious over the VVorld, Sin, the Law, Death and Hell. Then will the Lord Christ bring out the Stores of Heaven for their Eternal Refreshment, and give them in the fulness of the Blessing, and all things shall issue in the Glory of the most High God. All the Promises are unto him that overcometh. And we we may observe, That,
1. All the Commotions and Concussions that are among the Nations of the World, do lye in or shall be brought into a subserviency unto the Interest of Christ and his Church. I intend those places where either the Seat of the Church is, or is to be. A great War and Tumult there was between these Eastern Kings and those of Canaan, and many Nations were smitten and destroyed in the Expedition, Gen. 14. 5, 6, 7. And what is the final Issue whereinto all these things do come? Why, two things fell out hereon that neither side of the Combatants either looked for, or had any Interest in. (1.) The Victory of Abraham or the Church over them all. (2.) A Glorious Type and Representation of Christ brought forth visibly acting in his Church. Yea I may add, that in Abraham's Glorious Victory, and Royal Munificence on the one hand, and in the Sacerdotal Blessing of Melchizedek on the other, there was such a Representation of Christ in his Principal Offices as Priest and King, as had never been made in the World before. This Issue did God