A53678:1679
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
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2. That those who were to be taken into this Covenant should receive Grace enabling them to comply with the Terms of it, fulfil its conditions, and yield the obedience which God required therein. For by the Ordination of God, he was to procure, and did merit and procure for them the Holy Spirit, and all the needful supplies of Grace to make them New Creatures, and enable them to yield obedience unto God from a New Principle of spiritual life, and that faithful unto the end. So was he the Surety of this better Covenant.
Obs. The stability of the New Covenant depends on the Suretyship of Christ and is secured unto Believers thereby. The Introduction of a Surety in any case is to give Stability and Security. For it is never done but on a supposition of some weakness, or defect on one Account or other. If in any Contract, Bargain, or Agreement, a man be esteemed every way responsible both for Ability and Fidelity, there is no need of a Surety, nor is it required. But yet whereas there is a defect or weakness amongst all men, mentioned by our Apostle in the next verses, namely, that they are all mortal and subject unto death, in which case neither Ability nor Fidelity will avail any thing; men in all cases of Importance need Sureties. These give the utmost confirmation that affairs among men are capable of. So doth the Suretyship of Christ on our behalf in this Covenant. For the evidencing whereof, we may consider,
Obs. The stability of the New Covenant depends on the Suretiship of Christ and is secured unto Believers thereby. The Introduction of a Surety in any case is to give Stability and Security. For it is never done but on a supposition of some weakness, or defect on one Account or other. If in any Contract, Bargain, or Agreement, a man be esteemed every way responsible both for Ability and Fidelity, there is no need of a Surety, nor is it required. But yet whereas there is a defect or weakness amongst all men, mentioned by our Apostle in the next verses, namely, that they are all mortal and subject unto death, in which case neither Ability nor Fidelity will avail any thing; men in all cases of Importance need Sureties. These give the utmost confirmation that affairs among men are capable of. So doth the Suretiship of Christ on our behalf in this Covenant. For the evidencing whereof, we may consider,