HEB. 5:1-4. FOR EVERY HIGH PRIEST TAKEN FROM AMONG MEN IS ORDAINED FOR MEN IN THINGS (PERTAINING) TO GOD, THAT HE MAY OFFER BOTH GIFTS AND SACRIFICES FOR SINS; WHO CAN HAVE COMPASSION ON THE IGNORANT, AND ON THEM THAT ARE OUT OF THE WAY; FOR THAT HE HIMSELF ALSO IS COMPASSED WITH INFIRMITY. AND BY R... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 5:5-6. SO ALSO CHRIST GLORIFIED NOT HIMSELF TO BE MADE A HIGH PRIEST; BUT HE THAT SAID UNTO HIM, THOU ARE MY SON, TO DAY HAVE I BEGOTTEN THEE. AS HE SAITH ALSO IN ANOTHER (PLACE), THOU (ART) A PRIEST FOR EVER AFTER THE ORDER OF MELCHISEDEC. Hebrews 5:6 enforces "Christ's Example to Gospel Min... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 5:7. WHO IN THE DAYS OF HIS FLESH, WHEN HE HAD OFFERED UP PRAYERS AND SUPPLICATIONS WITH STRONG CRYING AND TEARS UNTO HIM THAT WAS ABLE TO SAVE HIM FROM DEATH, AND WAS HEARD IN THAT HE FEARED; The mostly-in-outline sermon of August 1741 on this text states: it is "My design from these words at... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 5:8. THOUGH HE WERE A SON, YET LEARNED HE OBEDIENCE BY THE THINGS WHICH HE SUFFERED; Perhaps surprisingly Edwards mentions Hebrews 5:8 while discussing in _Freedom of the Will _ "that it was _impossible _ that the Acts of the Will of the human soul of Christ should be otherwise than holy….... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 5:9. AND BEING MADE PERFECT, HE BECAME THE AUTHOR OF ETERNAL SALVATION UNTO ALL THEM THAT OBEY HIM; [142] Hebrews 5:9. "And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him." By obeying, here, is not meant believing, but obedience to the law and comman... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 5:10-11. CALLED OF GOD A HIGH PRIEST AFTER THE ORDER OF MELCHISEDEC. OF WHOM WE HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY, AND HARD TO BE UTTERED, SEEING YE ARE DULL OF HEARING. In _Some Thoughts on the Revival of Religion in New England,_ Edwards uses this text to show the need of the gradual introduction of... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 5:12. FOR WHEN FOR THE TIME YE OUGHT TO BE TEACHERS, YE HAVE NEED THAT ONE TEACH YOU AGAIN WHICH (BE) THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF THE ORACLES OF GOD; AND ARE BECOME SUCH AS HAVE NEED OF MILK, AND NOT OF STRONG MEAT. Edwards has an entire sermon devoted to the exposition of this text. Frequently pu... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 5:13. FOR HE OF WHOM THESE THINGS ARE SPOKEN PERTAINETH TO ANOTHER TRIBE, OF WHICH NO MAN GAVE ATTENDANCE AT THE ALTAR. This verse Edwards sees as significant for the _Qualifications_ controversy which led to his dismissal from Northampton: And as to the words following in the next verse, "F... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 5:14. BUT STRONG MEAT BELONGETH TO THEM THAT ARE OF FULL AGE, (EVEN) THOSE WHO BY REASON OF USE HAVE THEIR SENSES EXERCISED TO DISCERN BOTH GOOD AND EVIL.... [ Continue Reading ]