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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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1. The Subject of the proposition in the similitude, is the Earth; and that which is represented thereby, is the Hearts and Minds of all those to whom the Gospel 1is preached. So it is explained in that Parable of our Saviour, wherein he expressed the Word of the Gospel as preached by Seed, and compares the Hearers of it unto several sorts of Ground whereinto that Seed is cast. And the Allusion is wonderful apposite and instructive.
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For (1) Seed is the principle of all things living; of all things that having any kind of natural Life, are capable of natural increase, growth, and fruit. And whatever they arrive unto, it is but the actuating of the vital seed from whence they do proceed. So is the Word of the Gospel unto all spiritual Life, 1 Pet. 1. 23. And Believers because of their growth, increase, and fruit, from this vital principle or seed of the Word, are called Vines, Plants of Gods planting, and the like.
For (1) Seed is the principle of all things living; of all things that having any kind of natural Life, are capable of natural increase, growth, and furit. And whatever they arrive unto, it is but the actuating of the vital seed from whence they do proceed. So is the Word of the Gospel unto all spiritual Life, 1 Pet. 1. 23. And Believers because of their growth, increase, and fruit, from this vital principle or seed of the Word, are called Vines, Plants of Gods planting, and the like.