A53696:1231
Exercitations on the Epistle to the Hebrews
Exercitations on the Epistle to the Hebrews also concerning the Messiah wherein the promises concerning him to be a spiritual redeemer of mankind are explained and vindicated, his coming and accomplishment of his work according to the promises is proved and confirmed, the person, or who he is, is declared, the whole economy of the mosaical law, rites, worship, and sacrifice is explained : and in all the doctrine of the person, office, and work of the Messiah is opened, the nature and demerit of the first sin is unfolded, the opinions and traditions of the ancient and modern Jews are examined, their objections against the Lord Christ and the Gospel are answered, the time of the coming of the Messiah is stated, and the great fundamental truths of the Gospel vindicated : with an exposition and discourses on the two first chapters of the said epistle to the Hebrews / by J. Owen ...Exercitations on the Epistle to the Hebrews also concerning the Messiah wherein the promises concerning him to be a spiritual redeemer of mankind are explained and vindicated, his coming and accomplishment of his work according to the promises is proved and confirmed, the person, or who he is, is declared, the whole oeconomy of the mosaical law, rites, worship, and sacrifice is explained : and in all the doctrine of the person, office, and work of the Messiah is opened, the nature and demerit of the first sin is unfolded, the opinions and traditions of the antient and modern Jews are examined, their objections against the Lord Christ and the Gospel are answered, the time of the coming of the Messiah is stated, and the great fundamental truths of the Gospel vindicated : with an exposition and discourses on the two first chapters of the said epistle to the Hebrews / by J. Owen ...
London: printed by Robert White for Nathaniel Ponder, 1668
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.
What was the state and condition of the Priesthood in the Church from the § 2 foundation of the world, until the time we now treat of, by whom that Office was executed, how they came unto it, and wherein it did consist, I have declared elsewhere. The Foundation of an especial Priesthood in the Church of Israel, is laid, Exod. 28. v. 1. Provision being made of Holy Things, God proceeds to supply the Church with Holy or Dedicate Persons for their Administration. The first thing expressed is the Call of the High Priest. Hereof there are two parts. First, Gods Revelation and Authoritative Constitution concerning it. Secondly, His actual Consecration. The former is expressed, Exod. 28.1. And take thou unto thee Aaron thy Brother and his Sons, that they may Minister unto me in the Priests Office. Aaron was the Elder Brother of Moses, born three years before him, Exod. 7.7. and was now eighty four or eighty five years of Age, when God thus calls and appoints him to the Office of the Priesthood. With him all his Sons, all the Males of his Family were dedicated unto the Service of God in their successive Generations. And in this Call unto his Office, he was a Type of Christ, who entered not on his Priesthood, but by the Designation and Authority of the Father: Heb. 5.4, 5.
What was the state and condition of the Priesthood in the Church from the § 2 foundation of the world, untill the time we now treat of, by whom that Office was executed, how they came unto it, and wherein it did consist, I have declared elsewhere. The Foundation of an especial Priesthood in the Church of Israel, is laid, Exod. 28. v. 1. Provision being made of Holy Things, God proceeds to supply the Church with Holy or Dedicate Persons for their Administration. The first thing expressed is the Call of the High Priest. Hereof there are two parts. First, Gods Revelation and Authoritative Constitution concerning it. Secondly, His actual Consecration. The former is expressed, Exod. 28.1. And take thou unto thee Aaron thy Brother and his Sons, that they may Minister unto me in the Priests Office. Aaron was the Elder Brother of Moses, born three years before him,