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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.
Fourthly, The fourth principle mentioned is [Greek or Hebrew]. This is the immediate consequent of the Resurrection of the dead. Men shall not be raised again to live another 1Life in this world, and as it were therein to make a new adventure, but it is to give an account of what is past, and to receive what they have done in the body whether it be good or evil. And because there are no outward visible transactions between God and the Souls of men after their departure out of this world, nor any alteration to be made as to their Eternal state and condition, this Judgement is spoken of as that which immediately succeeds death its self, Heb. 9. 27. It is appointed to all men once to dye, and after this the Judgement. This Judgement is sure, and there is nothing between death and it, that it takes notice of. But as to some there may be a very long space of time between the one and the other; neither shall Judgement be administered until after the Resurrection from the dead, and by means thereof: And when all the race of mankind appointed thereunto have lived and died according to their allotted seasons, then shall Judgement ensue on them all. [Greek or Hebrew] is commonly used for a condemnatory Sentence. Therefore some think that it is only the Judgement of wicked and ungodly men that is intended. 2And indeed the day of Judgement is most frequently spoken of in the Scripture with respect thereunto. See 2 Thes. 1. 7, 8, 9, 10. Jude 14, 15. 2 Pet. 2. 4. And this is partly because the remembrance of it is suited to put an awe upon the fierceness, pride and rage of the spirits of men, rushing into Sin as the Horse into the battle; and partly that it might be a relief unto the godly under all, either their persecutions from their cruelty, or temptations from their prosperity. But in reality the Judgement is general, and all men both good and bad must stand in their lot therein. We shall all stand before the Judgement-seat of Christ; as it is written, As I live saith the Lord every knee shall bow to me,