A53678:413
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.
First it is [Greek or Hebrew]. That is said to be [Greek or Hebrew], whereof Trial hath been made, 1whether by the Application of suitable means unto it, it will be made useful unto any certain end, [Greek or Hebrew] is to try, to make an Experiment what any thing is, and of what use; especially it is applied to the trial that is made of Gold and Silver by Fire. [Greek or Hebrew], Isocrat. We try Gold in the Fire; that is, whether it be true and pure. Fire is the great trier and discoverer of Metals, of what sort they are, 1 Cor. 3. 13, 14, 15. And hence the Lord Christ in the trial of his Church, is compared to a Refiner with Fire, Matth. 3. 2. so Faith is tried, 1 Pet. 1. 7. And it is the word which our Apostle useth when he enjoins us to try and search our selves as unto our sincerity in Faith and Obedience, 2 Cor. 13. 5. Gal. 6. 4. as also to make a due enquiry into the true nature of spiritual things, Rom. 12. 2. Ephes. 5. 10. not contenting our selves with a bare notion of them, but endeavouring after an Experience of their power in our own Hearts. [Greek or Hebrew] is often used by our Apostle for an Experience upon trial, Rom. 5. 4. 2 Cor. 2. 9. Phil. 2. 22. as [Greek or Hebrew] by Peter, 1 Epist. 1. 7. Hence is [Greek or Hebrew], one that upon trial is approved, found sound, and therefore is accepted, 1 Cor. 11. 19.