A53678:408
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
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.
And, as it was necessary unto his Design, the Apostle pursues his former Similitude, making an Application of it unto this sort of men. And (1) He supposeth them to be Earth, as the other sort are: [Greek or Hebrew], that is, [Greek or Hebrew], That Earth, that part of the Earth. So it is, and no more, It is neither better nor worse, than that which proves fruitful and is blessed. All men to whom the Gospel is preached are every way by Nature in the same State and Condition: All the difference between them is made by the Gospel its self. None of them have any reason to boast, nor do they in any thing make themselves differ from others. (2) It is supposed that the Rain falls often on this Ground also. Those who live unprofitably under the means of Grace, have oft-times the preaching of the Word as plentifully, and as long continued unto them, as they that are most thriving and fruitful in Obedience. And herein lies no small Evidence that these things will be called over again another day, to the Glory of Gods Grace and Righteousness. On these suppositions two things are considerable in what is ascribed unto this Earth: (1) What it brings forth: (2) How.
And, as it was necessary unto his Design, the Apostle pursues his former Similitude, making an Application of it unto this sort of men. And (1) He supposeth them to be Earth, as the other sort are: 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, that is, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, That Earth, that part of the Earth. So it is, and no more, It is neither better nor worse, than that which proves fruitful and is blessed. All men to whom the Gospel is preached are every way by Nature in the same State and Condition: All the difference between them is made by the Gospel its self. None of them have any reason to boast, nor do they in any thing make themselves differ from others. (2) It is supposed that the Rain falls often on this Ground also. Those who live unprofitably under the means of Grace, have oft-times the preaching of the Word as plentifully, and as long continued unto them, as they that are most thriving and fruitful in Obedience. And herein lies no small Evidence that these things will be called over again another day, to the Glory of Gods Grace and Righteousness. On these suppositions two things are considerable in what is ascribed unto this Earth: (1) What it brings forth: (2) How.