A53678:1275
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.
2. It arose from the Revelation of the Sanction of the Law in the Curse. Hereby principally the Law gendered unto Bondage, Gal. 4. 25. For all the People were in some sense put under the Curse; namely, so far as they would seek for Righteousness by the Works of the Law. So saith our Apostle, As many as are of the Works of the Law are under the Curse, Gal. 3. 10. This Curse was plainly and openly denounced as due to the breach of the Law, as our Apostle adds; It is written, Cursed is every one who continueth not in all things which are written in the Book of the Law to do them. And all their Capital Punishments were Representations thereof. This could not but take a deep impression on their minds, and render them obnoxious unto Bondage. Hence although on the account of the Promise they were Heirs, yet by the Law they were made as Servants, and kept in Fear, Gal. 4. 1. Neither had they such a Prospect into the Nature & Signification of their Types as to ⟨p. 165⟩set them at perfect Liberty from this cause of dread. For as there was a veil on the Face of Moses, that is, all the Revelations of the Mind and Will of God by him, were veiled with Types and Shadows; so there was a veil on their Hearts also in the weakness of their Spiritual light, that they could not look steadfastly unto the End of that which is abolished, 2 Cor. 3. 13. that is, unto him, who is the end of the Law for Righteousness unto them that do Believe, Rom. 10. 4. It was therefore impossible but that their Minds must Ordinarily be filled with Anxiety and Fear. But there is now no more Curse in the Gospel-state, Rev. 22. 2. The Curse abideth only on the Serpent and his Seed, Isa. 65. 25. The Blessing of the Promise doth wholly possess the place of it,