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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 6 › Exegesis of verses 1, 2: Verse 1, 2.
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 Doctrine of this Resurrection is a fundamental principle of the Gospel, the Faith whereof 1is indispensably necessary unto the Obedience and Consolation of all that profess it. I call it a principle of the Gospel, not because it was absolutely first revealed therein. It was made known under the old Testament, and was virtually included in the first promise. In the Faith of it, the Patriarchs lived and died, and it is testified unto in the Psalms and Prophets. With respect hereunto did the Ancients confess that they were Strangers and Pilgrims in this world, seeking another City and Country, wherein they should live with God for ever; They desired and looked for an heavenly Country, wherein their persons should dwell, Heb. 11. 16. And this was with Relation to Gods Covenant with them, wherein, as it follows, God was not ashamed to be called their God. That is, their God in Covenant, which Relation could never be broken; and therefore our Saviour proves the Resurrection from thence, because if the dead rise not again, the Covenant Relation between God and his people must cease, Math. 22. 31, 32. Hence also did they take especial care about their dead bodies, and their burial, not merely out of respect unto natural order and decency, but to express their Faith of the Resurrection. So our Apostle says, that by Faith Joseph gave commandment concerning his bones, Chap. 11. 12. And their disposal into a burying place is rehearsed by Stephen as one fruit of their Faith, Acts 7. 15, 16. Job gives testimony unto his Faith herein, Chap. 19. 25, 26. So doth David also, Psal. 15. 17. and in sundry other places. And Isaiah is express to the same purpose, Chap. 26. 19. Thy dead shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise: awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of Herbs, and the Earth shall cast out the dead. This God proposeth for the comfort of the Prophet, and all those who were either persecuted or slain in those days for Righteousness sake. Their Resurrection is both directly and emphatically expressed. And whereas some would wrest the words to signify no more but the deliverance and exaltation of those who were in great distress, yet they must acknowledge that it is expressed in allusion to the Resurrection of the dead, which is therefore asserted in the words, and was believed in the Church.