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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
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.
Both these Senses are consistent. For the Apostle in this and the ensuing Verses doth both briefly Recapitulate, what he had evinced by his preceding Arguments, and also declares what is the principal thing that he had contended for and proved. I incline unto the latter signification of the word, respected in our Translation; yet so as that the former also is true, and safely applicable unto the Text.
And some Directions we may take from the wisdom of the Apostle in this management of his present Subject, in our preaching or teaching of spiritual things. For,
1. When the nature and weight of the matter treated of, or the variety of Arguments wherein it is concerned, do require that our Discourse of it should be drawn forth unto a length more than ordinary, it is useful to refresh the minds, and relieve the memories of our Hearers, by a brief Recapitulation of the things insisted on. It is so, I say, sometimes; a this way is taken once, and but once by our Apostle. When it is necessary, is left unto the wisdom and choice of those who are called unto this work. I mean of such who labouring diligently and conscientiously in the discharge of it, do really consider at all times what is for the benefit and edification of their Hearers. But this is to be done only on great and important occasions; the usual way of the Repetition of the Heads of Sermons before preached, is in my judgment useless and unprofitable.
1. When the nature and weight of the matter treated of, or the variety of Arguments wherein it is concerned, do require that our Discourse of it should be drawn forth unto a length more than ordinary, it is useful to refresh the minds, and relieve the memories of our Hearers, by a brief Recapitulation of the things insisted on. It is so, I say, sometimes; a this way is taken once, and but once by our Apostle. When it is necessary, is left unto the wisdom and choice of those who are called unto this work. I mean of such who labouring diligently and conscientiously in the discharge of it, do really consider at all times what is for the benefit and edification of their Hearers. But this is to be done onely on great and importent occasions; the usual way of the Repetition of the Heads of Sermons before preached, is in my judgment useless and unprofitable.