A53678:1292
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 best Direction they had from them and by them was, that indeed there was nothing in them, that is, in their Nature or proper Efficacy, to produce or procure those good things which they looked for through them, but only pointed unto what was to come. Wherefore they knew that although they Exercised themselves in them with Diligence all their Days, yet by virtue of them they could never attain what they aimed at; only there was something signified by them, and ⟨p. 170⟩afterwards to be introduced, that was Efficacious of what they looked after. Now unto the strict Observation of these things were the People obliged under the most severe Penalties, and that all the days of their Lives. And this increased their Bondage. God indeed by his Grace did influence the Minds of true Believers among them unto Satisfaction in their Obedience, helping them to adore that Sovereignty and Wisdom which they believed in all his Institutions. And he gave unto them really the Benefits of the good things that were for to come, and that were prefigured by their Services. But the state wherein they were by reason of these things was a state of Bondage.
The best Direction they had from them and by them was, that indeed there was nothing in them, that is, in their Nature or proper Efficacy, to produce or procure those good things which they looked for through them, but only pointed unto what was to come. VVherefore they knew that although they Exercised themselves in them with Diligence all their Days, yet by virtue of them they could never attain what they aimed at; only there was something signified by them, and ⟨p. 170⟩afterwards to be introduced, that was Efficacious of what they looked after. Now unto the strict Observation of these things were the People obliged under the most severe Penalties, and that all the days of their Lives. And this increased their Bondage. God indeed by his Grace did influence the Minds of true Believers among them unto Satisfaction in their Obedience, helping them to adore that Soveraignty and Wisdom which they believed in all his Institutions. And he gave unto them really the Benefits of the good things that were for to come, and that were prefigured by their Services. But the state wherein they were by reason of these things was a state of Bondage.