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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 7, 8: VERSE 7, 8.
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(2) It was nigh unto Cursing. And this Curse which it was now very nigh unto had in it (1) Barrenness; and (2) an unalterable and irrevocable Destination unto Destruction. (1) It had in it Barrenness. For this Church of the Jews made up now of Infidels and Apostates was represented by the Fig-tree cursed by our Saviour, Matth. 21. 19. He said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever, and presently the Fig-tree withered away. After this time the Gospel having been sufficiently tendered unto them, and rejected by them, there was no more of saving Faith, Repentance, or Obedience, nothing that was acceptable unto God, in Holiness or Worship ever found amongst them to this Day. Many Jews were after this converted, but the Church of the Jews never bare any more Fruits unto God. And (2) they were devoted unto Destruction. The close of the Old Testament, and therein of the immediate solemn Revelation of God unto that Church was, that if they received not the Lord Christ after the coming and Ministry of Elijah, that is, of John the Baptist, that God would come and smite the whole Earth with a Curse, Mal. ult. He would make it a thing anathematized or sacredly devoted unto Destruction, [Greek or Hebrew].
(2) It was nigh unto Cursing. And this Curse which it was now very nigh unto had in it (1) Barrenness; and (2) an unalterable and irrevocable Destination unto Destruction. (1) It had in it Barrenness. For this Church of the Jews made up now of Infidels and Apostates was represented by the Figg-tree cursed by our Saviour, Matth. 21. 19. He said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever, and presently the Figg-tree withered away. After this time the Gospel having been sufficiently tendred unto them, and rejected by them, there was no more of saving Faith, Repentance, or Obedience, nothing that was acceptable unto God, in Holiness or Worship ever found amongst them to this Day. Many Jews were after this converted, but the Church of the Jews never bare any more Fruits unto God. And (2) they were devoted unto Destruction. The close of the Old Testament, and therein of the immediate solemn Revelation of God unto that Church was, that if they received not the Lord Christ after the coming and Ministry of Elijah, that is, of John the Baptist, that God would come and smite the whole Earth with a Curse, Mal. ult. He would make it a thing anathematized or sacredly devoted unto Destruction, .