A53678:2215
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.
First, From the aptness and proneness of the minds of men unto pernicious extremes in this matter: For
First, From the aptness and proneness of the minds of men unto pernicious extreams in this matter: For
(1) The Generality of Men have been stupidly negligent herein, as if it were a matter wherein they were not at all concerned. What is provided for them, what is proposed unto them, what comes in the ordinary way whereunto they have been accustomed, whatever it be, that they follow. And as they take it upon light grounds, so they observe it with slight spirits. And this hath been the true cause of that inundation of Profaneness which is come on the Christian world. For when once Men come unto such an inconcernment in the Worship of God, as to engage in it they know not well why, and to perform it they know not how, all manner of Impiety will ensue in their Lives, as is manifest in experience beyond the evidence of a thousand Arguments.
(1) The Generality of Men have been stupidly negligent herein, as if it were a matter wherein they were not at all concerned. What is provided for them, what is proposed unto them, what comes in the ordinary way whereunto they have been accustomed, whatever it be, that they follow. And as they take it upon light grounds, so they observe it with slight spirits. And this hath been the true cause of that inundation of Prophaness which is come on the Christian world. For when once Men come unto such an inconcernment in the Worship of God, as to ingage in it they know not well why, and to perform it they know not how, all manner of Impiety will ensue in their Lives, as is manifest in experience beyond the evidence of a thousand Arguments.