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A continuation of the exposition of the Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the…
A continuation of the exposition of the Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Hebrews viz, on the sixth, seventh, eight, ninth, and tenth chapters : wherein together with the explication of the text and context, the priesthood of Christ ... are declared, explained and confirmed : as also, the pleas of the Jews for the continuance and perpetuity of their legal worship, with the doctrine of the principal writers of the Socinians about these things, are examined and disproved / by J. Owen ...
London: printed for Nathaniel Ponder, 1680
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.
The Sovereign Will, Pleasure, and Grace of God is that alone which puts a difference among Men, especially in the Church. He makes Men Great or Small, High or Low, Eminent or Obscure, as it seemeth Good unto him. He raiseth up the Poor from the Dust, and lifteth up the Beggar from the Dunghill, to set them among Princes, and to make them Inherit the Throne of Glory, for the Pillars of the Earth are the Lords, and he hath set the World upon them, 1 Sam. 2. 8. which is plentifully elsewhere Testified unto. Whence was it that the Twelve Poor Fishermen were made Apostles to sit on Twelve Thrones Judging the Tribes of Israel, and becoming Princes in all Nations? Who made the most Glorious Apostle of the first and fiercest Persecutor? Was it not he who hath Mercy on whom he will have Mercy, and is Gracious unto whom he will be Gracious? And it is laid down as an Universal Rule, That no Man hath any thing in this kind but what he hath freely Received, nor doth any Man make himself to differ from others, 1 Cor. 4. 7. For, (1.) God lays the Foundation of all Spiritual Differences among Men, in his Sovereign Decree of Eternal Election, Rom. 9. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16. Ephes. 1. 4. And among them that are Chosen he calleth them when and how he pleaseth, both unto Grace and Employment or Work. And (2.) As to Grace, Gifts, and Spiritual Endowments, the Holy Spirit divideth unto every Man as he will, 1 Cor. 12. 11. Let every one then be contented with his Lot and Condition, every one endeavour to fill up the place and state wherein he is fixed, and as he is called to abide with God. Let God be owned in all his Gifts and Graces, and our Souls be Humbled in what we come short of others; and the Sovereignty of Grace admired in all the different effects of it which we behold.
The Sovereign Will, Pleasure, and Grace of God is that alone which puts a difference among Men, especially in the Church. He makes Men Great or Small, High or Low, Eminent or Obscure, as it seemeth Good unto him. He raiseth up the Poor from the Dust, and lifteth up the Beggar from the Dunghill, to set them among Princes, and to make them Inherit the Throne of Glory, for the Pillars of the Earth are the Lords, and he hath set the World upon them,