Hebrews 10:28-29

Heb. 10:28-29 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses; Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?

Blank Bible:

and hath counted the blood of the covenant wherewith he was sanctified] There are those things that satisfy one that by him that was sanctified by the blood of the covenant is meant Christ himself and that the apostle alludes to the Law of Moses where it was commanded that Aaron and his son should be hallowed with the blood of the sacrifice, Exodus 29:2, or if he intends the person himself that despises it that he intends only a sacramental sanctifying alluding to Moses' sprinkling the blood of the covenant on all the people thereby sealing the covenant Exodus 29, viz that all the expressions here seem evidently to be taken of those laws the expression of blood of the covenant and that of an unholy thing and the he (?) throughout the whole book of those laws here speaks of Moses Law as in the foregoing verse. It shewed the profaneness of him that despised Moses Law or cov[enant] that he despised it tho consecrated with blood and after it had been sealed by sprinkling blood on the people be shewed a contempt of that blood by which it had been sealed as tho it had not been an holy thing. So the cov[enant] of grace is sealed by the blood of Christ in baptism and the person sacramentally sanctified. He therefore that despises Christ profanes that blood as tho he accounted it an unholy thing vid miscell. No. 629 especially §.6. (which seems to have been crossed out)

hath done despite to the spirit of grace] the word for hath done despite in the original ???ß??sa? which signifies hath (?) in a petulant proud and insolent manner vid miscell. vol on quarto p. 51.

In "Perseverance of the Saints" Edwards discusses this text.

§ 28. As to that text, Heb. x.29: "Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing; and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?" "There is a sanctification to the purifying of the flesh, and a sanctification to the purifying of the conscience from dead works, to serve the living God; Hebrews 9:13; Hebrews 9:14. The sanctification external to the purifying of the flesh, consisteth in the man's separation from the world, and dedication unto God's service, by calling and covenant, common to all the members of the visible church; and it is forcible thus far, as to bring a man into credit and estimation as a saint before men, and unto the common privileges of the church; whereupon as men, so God also, speaketh unto him, and of him, as one of his people, and dealeth with him, in his external dispensation, as with one of his own people. In this sense, all the congregation of Israel, and every one of them, is called body. Yea, Core also, and his followers, Numbers 16:3. The sanctification internal, by renovation, consisteth in a man's separation from the state of nature to the state of grace; from his old conditions to be a new creature indeed. By this latter sort, a reprobate cannot be called sanctified, and that by virtue of the blood of the covenant, albeit he should not get any farther good thereby. Or we may say more shortly, there is a sanctification by consecration, when any thing is devoted or dedicated unto God, and a sanctification by inhabitation of the Holy Spirit; 2 Corinthians 6:17; 2 Corinthians 6:18. Of the former sort, the censers of Corah, Dathan, and Abiram, and called holy; and the reason is given, because they offered them before the Lord, therefore - they were hallowed; Numbers 16:38. And in this sense, all the members of the visible church, even such as afterwards do prove apostates, are sanctified; because they offered, and offer themselves, unto the Lord. That this is the true sense, is confirmed by its being called the blood of the covenant; referring to the manner of sanctifying the people of old by the blood of the covenant; sealing them as a people externally in covenant with God, as the blood of Christ in baptism in like manner seals visible Christians, as externally God's covenant people. - Mr. Dickson, cited by Blake on the Covenant. p. 242.

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