A53678:2025
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
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.
The Preface is in these words; [Greek or Hebrew]: which may be considered either as unto its Design in general, or as unto the Sense of the words.
The Preface is in these words; 〈non-Latin alphabet〉: which may be considered either as unto its Design in general, or as unto the Sense of the words.
I. The Design of the Apostle in this Interlocution, (which is not unusual with him) is to stir up the Hebrews unto a diligent consideration of what he insisted on, and to leave an impression of it on their minds. And this he doth for two Reasons.
1. Least the Length and Difficulty of his preceding Discourse should have any way discomposed their minds, or wearied them in their Attention, so as that they could not well retain the substance of what he pleaded. In such cases it was always usual with them who pleaded important Causes before the wisest Judges, to recapitulate what had been spoken at length before, and to show what hath been evinced by the Arguments they had used in their Plea. To this purpose speaks Quintilian, lib. 6. cap. 1. Perorationis duplex ratio est posita, aut in rebus, aut in affectibus. Rerum repetitio aut congregatio, quae Graece dicitur [Greek or Hebrew], a quibusdam Latinorum enumeratio, & memoriam Judicis reficit, & totam simul causam ante oculos ponit; & etiam si per singula minus moverat, turba valet. In hac, quae repetimus quam brevissime dicenda sunt, & (quod Graeco verbo patet) decurrendum per capita. How this whole course is steered by the Apostle in this place, is easy for any one to observe.
1. Least the Length and Difficulty of his preceding Discourse should have any way discomposed their minds, or wearied them in their Attention, so as that they could not well retain the substance of what he pleaded. In such cases it was always usual with them who pleaded important Causes before the wisest Judges, to recapitulate what had been spoken at length before, and to shew what hath been evinced by the Arguments they had used in their Plea. To this purpose speaks Quintilian, lib. 6. cap. 1. Perorationis duplex ratio est posita, aut in rebus, aut in affectibus. Rerum repetitio aut congregatio, quae Graece dicitur , a quibusdam Latinorum enumeratio, & memoriam Judicis reficit, & totam simul causam ante oculos ponit; & etiam si per singula minus moverat, turba valet. In hac, quae repetimus quam brevissime dicenda sunt, & (quod Graeco verbo patet) decurrendum per capita. How this whole course is steered by the Apostle in this place, is easie for any one to observe.