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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
Exegesis of chapter 7 › Exegesis of verses 18, 19: VER. 18, 19.
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2. There were others of them who, although they received the Gospel and believed in Christ, yet were persuaded that the Law was still in force, and the Worship prescribed in it still to be observed. And of these there were very great Multitudes as the Apostle declares; Acts 21. 20. This Error was in the Patience of God for a while tolerated among them, because the time of their full Conviction was not yet come. But those who were possessed with it, began after a while to be very troublesome unto the Church, and would not be content to observe the Law themselves, but would impose the Observation of it on all the Gentile Converts on the pain of Eternal Damnation. Acts 15. 1. They said and contended, that unless they were Circumcised after the manner of Moses, they could not be saved. These also were to be restrained and convinced. And those of them who were obstinate in this Persuasion, not long after apostatized from the whole of Christianity. And
2. There were others of them who, although they received the Gospel and believed in Christ, yet were perswaded that the Law was still in force, and the Worship prescribed in it still to be observed. And of these there were very great Multitudes as the Apostle declares; Acts 21. 20. This Error was in the Patience of God for a while tolerated among them, because the time of their full Conviction was not yet come. But those who were possessed with it, began after a while to be very troublesome unto the Church, and would not be content to observe the Law themselves, but would impose the Observation of it on all the Gentile Converts on the pain of Eternal Damnation. Acts 15. 1. They said and contended, that unless they were Circumcised after the manner of Moses, they could not be saved. These also were to be restrained and convinced. And those of them who were obstinate in this Perswasion, not long after apostatized from the whole of Christianity. And