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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 4, 5, 6: Verse 4, 5, 6.
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.
(1) It is not a falling into this or that actual sin, be it of what nature it will, which may be, and yet not be a falling away.
(2) It is not a falling upon temptation or surprisal, for concerning such fallings we have rules of another kind given us in sundry places, and those exemplified in especial Instances; but it is that which is premeditated, of Deliberation and Choice.
(3) It is not a falling by a Relinquishment or Renunciation of some though very material Principles of Christian Religion by Error or Seduction, as the Corinthians fell, in denying the Resurrection of the dead, and the Galatians by denying Justification by Faith in Christ alone. Wherefore,
(4) It must consist in a total Renunciation of all the constituent Principles and Doctrines of Christianity, whence it is denominated. Such was the sin of them who relinquished the Gospel to return unto Judaism, as it was then stated, in opposition unto it, and hatred of it. This it was, and not any kind of actual sins, that the Apostle manifestly discourseth concerning.