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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 is God himself who taketh care for the watering and dressing of this Field. He dealeth with it as a man doth with a Field that is his own; This he expresseth, Isa. 5. 2. Matth. 21. 33, 34. The Dispensation of the Word, and the Communication of the Spirit unto the Church, with all other means of Light, Grace, and Growth depend all on his care, and are all supremely from him, as was showed before. To this End he employeth his Servants to work and dress it under him, who are Labourers together with God, 1 Cor. 3. 9. because they are employed by him, do his work, and have the same End with him.
2. It is God himself who taketh care for the watering and dressing of this Field. He dealeth with it as a man doth with a Field that is his own; This he expresseth, Isa. 5. 2. Matth. 21. 33, 34. The Dispensation of the Word, and the Communication of the Spirit unto the Church, with all other means of Light, Grace, and Growth depend all on his care, and are all supreamly from him, as was shewed before. To this End he employeth his Servants to work and dress it under him, who are Labourers together with God, 1 Cor. 3. 9. because they are employed by him, do his work, and have the same End with him.
3. This Tilling or Dressing of the Earth which is superadded to the Rain, or the mere Preaching of the Gospel denoted thereby, may be referred unto three Heads. (1) The Ministerial Application of the Word unto the Souls and Consciences of men, in the Dispensation of all the Ordinances of the Gospel. This is the second great