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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.
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1. It is an animating principle of Gospel Obedience, because we are assured thereby that nothing we do therein shall be lost. In general the Apostle proposeth this as our great encouragement, That God is not unrighteous to forget our work and labour of love, ver. 10. and shows us the especial way whereby it shall be remembered. Nothing is more fatal unto any endeavours, than an apprehension that men do in them spend their strength in vain, and their labour for nought. This makes the Hands of men weak, their Knees feeble, and their Hearts fearful. Nor can any thing deliver us from a slothful despondency, but an assurance that the fruit of our endeavours shall be called over again. And this is given us alone by the Faith of the Resurrection of the dead, when they shall awake again, and sing, who dwell in the dust; and then shall the Righteous be had in everlasting remembrance. Let no man fear the loss of his work, unless it be such as the Fire will consume, when it will be to his advantage to suffer that loss, and to have it so consumed. Not a good thought, word or work, but shall have a new Life given unto it, and have as it were a share in the Resurrection.
1. It is an animating principle of Gospel Obedience, because we are assured thereby that nothing we do therein shall be lost. In general the Apostle proposeth this as our great encouragement, That God is not unrighteous to forget our work and labour of love, ver. 10. and shews us the especial way whereby it shall be remembred. Nothing is more fatal unto any endeavours, than an apprehension that men do in them spend their strength in vain, and their labour for nought. This makes the Hands of men weak, their Knees feeble, and their Hearts fearful. Nor can any thing deliver us from a slothful despondency, but an assurance that the fruit of our endeavours shall be called over again. And this is given us alone by the Faith of the Resurrection of the dead, when they shall awake again, and sing, who dwell in the dust; and then shall the Righteous be had in everlasting remembrance. Let no man fear the loss of his work, unless it be such as the Fire will consume, when it will be to his advantage to suffer that loss, and to have it so consumed. Not a good thought, word or work, but shall have a new Life given unto it, and have as it were a share in the Resurrection.