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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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The first of these seems not to be without its difficulties. For it was a Law originally given unto the Church by God himself, and continued therein with his Approbation for many Generations. And there are multiplied instances in the Sacred Records, of his blessing them, who were faithful and obedient in its Observation. Yea the whole prosperity of the Church did always depend thereon; as its neglect was always accompanied with severe Tokens of Gods displeasure. Besides our Saviour affirmeth of himself that he came not [Greek or Hebrew] Math. 5. 17. to dissolve or destroy the Law, which upon the matter is the same with [Greek or Hebrew]. For if a Law be disannulled or abrogated, it is totally dissolved as to its obligatory power. And our Apostle removes the suspicion of any such thing from the Doctrine of the Gospel, Rom. 3. 31. Do we then make void the Law through Faith? God forbid: yea we establish the Law.
The first of these seemes not to be without its difficulties. For it was a Law originally given unto the Church by God himself, and continued therein with his Approbation for many Generations. And there are multiplyed instances in the Sacred Records, of his blessing them, who were faithful and obedient in its Observation. Yea the whole prosperity of the Church did always depend thereon; as its neglect was always accompanied with severe Tokens of Gods displeasure. Besides our Saviour affirmeth of himself that he came not 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Math. 5. 17. to dissolve or destroy the Law, which upon the matter is the same with 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. For if a Law be disanulled or abrogated, it is totally dissolved as to its obligatory power. And our Apostle removes the suspicion of any such thing from the Doctrine of the Gospel, Rom. 3. 31. Do we then make void the Law through Faith? God forbid: yea we establish the Law.