A53678:412
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.
Secondly, The manner of bringing forth these Thorns and Briars is expressed by 1[Greek or Hebrew]. Chrysostom puts a great remark upon the difference of the words used by the Apostle; that which he applieth to the production of good Fruit, is [Greek or Hebrew], which denotes a natural conception and production of any thing in due order, time and season. But this [Greek or Hebrew], applied to the barren cursed Ground, denotes a casting of them out in abundance, not only without the use of means, but against it. The Heart of man needs not to be impregnated with any adventitious Seed, to make it thrust forth all sorts of sins, or to make it fruitful in Unbelief and Impenitency: the Womb of sin will on its own accord be continually teeming with these things. Matters being thus stated with this ground, the Apostle affirms three things concerning it.
Secondly, The manner of bringing forth these Thorns and Briars is expressed by 1〈non-Latin alphabet〉. Chrysostome puts a great remark upon the difference of the words used by the Apostle; that which he applieth to the production of good Fruit, is 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, which denotes a natural conception and production of any thing in due order, time and season. But this 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, applied to the barren cursed Ground, denotes a casting of them out in abundance, not only without the use of means, but against it. The Heart of man needs not to be impregnated with any adventitious Seed, to make it thrust forth all sorts of sins, or to make it fruitful in Unbelief and Impenitency: the Womb of sin will on its own accord be continually teeming with these things. Matters being thus stated with this ground, the Apostle affirms three things concerning it.
- 1[Greek or Hebrew]〈non-Latin alphabet〉