A53678:1765
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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1. That there is Power and Ability required unto this work. He is able to save. It was no easy thing to take away sin, to subdue Satan, to fulfil the Law, to make Peace with God, to procure Pardon, to purchase Grace and Glory, with all other things great and glorious, that belong unto this Salvation. And it is the great concernment of Faith well to fix this principle; that he who hath undertaken this work is able to accomplish it, and that by the means he hath designed to use, and the way wherein he will proceed. We are apt to pass this over without any enquiry into it, and to take it for granted that God is able to do whatever he pleaseth: But it is not of the absolute Power of God whereof we speak, but of the Power of God or of Christ put forth in such a peculiar way. And the want of Faith herein, is the first and most proper part of Unbelief. Wherefore as God engageth his Omnipotency or All-sufficiency as the Foundation of all his Covenant Actings towards us, Gen. 17. 1. So he often pleadeth the same Power to assure us of the Accomplishment of his Promises, Isa. 40. 28, 29. And it is expressly asserted as ⟨p. 237⟩the principal ground of Faith, Rom. 4. 21. Chap. 11. 23. 1 Cor. 10. 10. 13. Ephes. 3. 20. 2. Tim. 1. 12. Jude 24. and often in this Epistle.
1. That there is Power and Ability required unto this work. He is able to save. It was no easie thing to take away sin, to subdue Satan, to fulfil the Law, to make Peace with God, to procure Pardon, to purchase Grace and Glory, with all other things great and glorious, that belong unto this Salvation. And it is the great concernment of Faith well to fix this principle; that he who hath undertaken this work is able to accomplish it, and that by the means he hath designed to use, and the way wherein he will proceed. We are apt to pass this over without any enquiry into it, and to take it for granted that God is able to do whatever he pleaseth: But it is not of the absolute Power of God whereof we speak, but of the Power of God or of Christ put forth in such a peculiar way. And the want of Faith herein, is the first and most proper part of Unbelief. VVherefore as God ingageth his Omnipotency or All-sufficiency as the Foundation of all his Covenant Actings towards us,