The priesthood of Christ / John Owen ; [edited by Philip Ross. [print]
Material type: TextPublication details: [Fearn, Ross-shire] : Christian Heritage, (c)2010.Description: 357 pages ; 22 cmContent type:- text
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- 9781845505998
- BT254.R825.P754 2010
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"The contents of this book first appeared as an excursus in John Owen's exposition of Hebrews"--"This Edition."
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Introduction -- A.A map for the road -- B. People to meet, issues to face -- 'Socinianism'? -- Relevance to today? -- I. The office of priesthood -- A.A unique emphasis on Christ's priesthood -- A mysterious doctrine -- Why focus on this subject? -- Not the pope's favourite doctrine -- A comprehensive endeavour -- B. Biblical terms for 'priest' -- Divination and soothsaying -- The priests of Egypt -- A princely title -- Melchizedek -- the first priest -- C.A priest is a sacrificer -- II. The origin of the priesthood of Christ -- A. Not in Eden -- No sacrifices -- no priests -- No sin -- no sacrifices -- no priests -- Priests would have hindered worship -- No metaphorical killing -- Sacrifice means slaying -- Sacrifices require faith in divine revelation -- B. Incarnation and the state of innocence -- Incarnation without respect to redemption rejected -- C. Arguments for incarnation in the state of innocence refuted -- 'It would have perfected creation' -- 'Human nature was capable of the grace of union in the state of innocence' -- 'God revealed the mystery of the incarnation to Adam' -- 'God decreed Christ should assume human nature before He decreed to save the elect' -- D. Osiander's arguments refuted -- 'God created Adam in conformity with Christ's destined human nature' -- 'Christ would have been made in the image of Adam' -- 'The incarnation becomes dependent on an accident' -- 'Man in innocence needed a way to heaven' -- E. Arguments that sacrifice is vital to all religion refuted -- No propitiatory sacrifices before the Fall -- F. Priesthood presupposes sin.
III. The priesthood of Christ -- its origin n the counsel of God -- A. God, in the creation of man, glorified Himself in three distinct persons -- 'Let us make man' -- Plurality of persons in the Creator -- No mere kingly speech -- Woeful mistakes and foolish conjectures -- B. The Socinian arguments of Enjedinus -- C. Personal transactions in the Trinity -- From the beginning -- Christ was beside the Father -- IV. Federal transactions between the Father and the Son -- A. Covenants between God and man -- Terms for covenant -- Covenant signs -- Covenant essentials -- Inequality and subordination in covenanters -- B. The covenant between the Father and the Son -- Subordination i the covenant -- According to their own counsel -- Not necessary to God -- An act of perfect liberty for the Son -- One will acts distinctly in the Father and the Son -- They have power to fulfill the covenant -- The matter of the covenant -- to save sinners -- The end of the covenant -- God's glory -- The Son uniquely honoured -- Promises of reward -- Prescriptions of obedience -- C.A sacrifice to satisfy divine justice -- According to the heavenly transcript -- Indispensably necessary -- V. The priesthood of Christ -- its necessity on the supposition of sin and grace -- A. The nature of righteousness -- The righteousness of God in itself -- The righteousness of God in operation -- B. Divine righteousness -- C. Defines Christ's priesthood -- The attributes of God in operation -- Answering Socinian objections to the justice of God -- Answering Socinian objections to the righteousness of God -- Virgin Islands Did Christ suffer what sinners should have suffered? -- A. The doctrine of the satisfaction of Christ -- Our criminal indebtedness -- Christ underwent our punishment -- B. Objections to the doctrine -- 'Christ could not undergo eternal death' -- 'Deliverance should immediately follow payment' -- 'Payment and remission must respect the same person'
VII. The necessity of the priesthood of Christ -- A. All men know that sin requires punishment -- Demonstrated in sacrifices -- God's anger declares His justice -- B. Why should sin be punished? -- God hates sin -- God is a consuming fire -- God cannot allow His glory to be impeached -- God is the righteous judge of all -- C. Why Christ's priesthood is necessary -- His death is useless otherwise -- D. Conclusion -- Virgin IslandsII. The nature of the priesthood of Christ -- A. Attempts to set aside Christ's sacrifice -- B. The high priest of the church -- By name -- A real and proper priest -- C. God -- the primary object -- The plain sense of Christ's offices -- The obvious nature of priestly acts and duties -- Christ had something to offer -- D. Christ's call to the priesthood -- His inauguration to the priestly office -- His discharge of the priestly office -- Scriptural confirmation -- IX. The nature of the priesthood of Christ -- A. Socinians in their own words -- Versus the church's faith -- No empty title -- No New Testament silence -- No kingly act -- B. How the kingly and priestly offices differ -- According to Crellius -- According to scripture -- C. Deny Christ's priesthood -- deny His glory -- D. Smalcius' apology for the Holy Spirit -- X. The acts of the priesthood of Christ -- A. General acts -- Oblation -- Intercession -- B. The time and place of Christ's priesthood -- On the earth -- Whenever and wherever He made atonement -- On His entrance into heaven -- Other priests were types of Christ -- Denials that Christ was a priest on earth -- C. The object -- God -- XI. Prefigurations of the priesthood and sacrifice of Christ -- A. Before the law -- Individual sacrifice -- Corporate sacrifice -- Who were those priests? -- B. Throughout the world -- How priests were appointed -- Ancient Egypt.
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