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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.
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(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.
(4) It must consist in a total Renunciation of all the constitutent Principles and Doctrines of Christianity, whence it is denominated. Such was the sin of them who relinquished the Gospel to return unto Judaisme, 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.
(5) For the completing of this falling away according to the intention of the Apostle, it is required that this Renunciation be avowed and professed; as, when a man forsaketh the Profession of the Gospel, and falls into Judaism or Mahumatisme, or Gentilism, in Persuasion and Practice. For the Apostle discourseth concerning Faith and Obedience as professed, and so therefore also of their contraries. And this avowment of a Relinquishment of the Gospel hath many provoking Aggravations attending it. And yet whereas some men may in their hearts and minds utterly renounce the Gospel, but upon some outward secular considerations, either dare not or will not profess that inward Renunciation, their falling away is complete and total in the sight of God; and all they do to cover their Apostasy in an external compliance with Christian Religion, is in the sight of God but a mocking of him, and the highest Aggravation of their sin.