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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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There were two Revelations that were the foundation of the Church, the one concerning future Judgement in the Threatening, the other concerning the Recovery and Restoration of mankind in the Promise. Both seem to have been equally neglected by that cursed generation. But God solemnly revived them both, the first by Enoch, the latter by Noah, who was the Preacher of Righteousness, 1 Pet. 2. 5. in whom the Spirit of Christ preached unto them who are now in prison, 1 Pet. 3. 19, 20. And this Old Prophecy was revived by the Holy Ghost, partly that we might ⟨p. 31⟩know, that God from the beginning of the world gave public testimony unto and warning of his future Eternal Judgement, and partly to acquaint us, that in the latter days men would break out into an excess, and outrage in sin and wickedness, like that of those before the Flood, wherein it would be necessary that day should be restrained, or terrified or warned, by preaching unto them this truth of the Judgement to come. After this the testimonies given unto it in the Scriptures both of the Old and New Testaments do so abound and are so obvious to all, that it is no way needful particularly to produce them.
There were two Revelations that were the foundation of the Church, the one concerning future Judgement in the Threatning, the other concerning the Recovery and Restauration of mankind in the Promise. Both seem to have been equally neglected by that cursed generation. But God solemnly revived them both, the first by Enoch, the latter by Noah, who was the Preacher of Righteousness, 1 Pet. 2. 5. in whom the Spirit of Christ preached unto them who are now in prison, 1 Pet. 3. 19, 20. And this Old Prophecy was revived by the Holy Ghost, partly that we might ⟨p. 31⟩know, that God from the beginning of the world gave publick testimony unto and warning of his future Eternal Judgement, and partly to acquai•t us, that in the latter days men would break out into an excess, and outrage in sin and wickedness, like that of those before the Flood, wherein it would be necessary that day should be restrained, or terrified or warned, by preaching unto them this truth of the Judgement to come. After this the testimonies given unto it in the Scriptures both of the Old and New Testaments do so abound and are so obvious to all, that it is no way needful particularly to produce them.