HEB. 7:1-2. FOR THIS MELCHISEDEC, KING OF SALEM, PRIEST OF THE MOST
HIGH GOD, WHO MET ABRAHAM RETURNING FROM THE SLAUGHTER OF THE KINGS,
AND BLESSED HIM; TO WHOM ALSO ABRAHAM GAVE A TENTH PART OF ALL; FIRST
BEING BY INTERPRETATION KING OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND AFTER THAT ALSO
KING OF SALEM, WHICH IS, K... [ Continue Reading ]
Heb. 7:3-18. Without father, without mother, without descent, having
neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son
of God; abideth a priest continually. Now consider how great this man
(was), unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the
spoils. And verily they... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 7:19. FOR THE LAW MADE NOTHING PERFECT, BUT THE BRINGING IN A
BETTER HOPE (DID); BY THE WHICH WE DRAW NIGH UNTO GOD.
Some of Edwards' texts appear in most unexpected places. Heb. 7:19
thus comes in as evidence "Concerning the Endless Punishment of Those
Who Die Impenitent." The argument is as... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 7:20-24. AND INASMUCH AS NOT WITHOUT AN OATH (HE WAS MADE
PRIEST); (FOR THOSE PRIESTS WERE MADE WITHOUT AN OATH; BUT THIS WITH
AN OATH BY HIM THAT SAID UNTO HIM, THE LORD SWARE AND WILL NOT REPENT,
THOU ART A PRIEST FOR EVER AFTER THE ORDER OF MELCHISEDEC:) BY SO MUCH
WAS JESUS MADE A SURETY OF... [ Continue Reading ]
Heb. 7:25
HEB. 7:25. WHEREFORE HE IS ABLE ALSO TO SAVE THEM TO THE UTTERMOST
THAT COME UNTO GOD BY HIM, SEEING HE EVER LIVETH TO MAKE INTERCESSION
FOR THEM.
In _Concerning Faith, _ we read:
§ 69. Faith implies a cleaving of the heart to Christ; because a
trusting in others is spoken of as a depart... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 7:26-28. FOR SUCH A HIGH PRIEST BECAME US, (WHO IS) HOLY,
HARMLESS, UNDEFILED, SEPARATE FROM SINNERS, AND MADE HIGHER THAN THE
HEAVENS; WHO NEEDETH NOT DAILY, AS THOSE HIGH PRIESTS, TO OFFER UP
SACRIFICE, FIRST FOR HIS OWN SINS, AND THEN FOR THE PEOPLE'S; FOR THIS
HE DID ONCE, WHEN HE OFFERED U... [ Continue Reading ]