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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
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.
But not to engage into Disputations in this place, let men acknowledge that the new Covenant is a Covenant of Grace, that the Constitution of a Reward unto the Obedience required therein is of Grace, that this Obedience is not accepted on its own account, but of the Mediation of Christ, that all mens good works will not make a Compensation for one sin; that we are to place our Trust and Confidence in Christ alone for Life and Salvation, because he is the End of the Law for Righteousness unto them that do believe; and let them please themselves for a while, in the fancy of the merit of their works, at least of the high and necessary place which they hold in their Justification before God; after all their wrangling Disputes it will be Christ and Grace alone that they will betake themselves unto, or their case will be deplorable. These things I have premised that we may have no cause to divert unto them, in the ensuing Exposition of the words.
But not to ingage into Disputations in this place, let men acknowledge that the new Covenant is a Covenant of Grace, that the Constitution of a Reward unto the Obedience required therein is of Grace, that this Obedience is not accepted on its own account, but of the Mediation of Christ, that all mens good works will not make a Compensation for one sin; that we are to place our Trust and Confidence in Christ alone for Life and Salvation, because he is the End of the Law for Righteousness unto them that do believe; and let them please themselves for a while, in the fancy of the merit of their works, at least of the high and necessary place which they hold in their Justification before God; after all their wrangling Disputes it will be Christ and Grace alone that they will betake themselves unto, or their case will be deplorable. These things I have premised that we may have no cause to divert unto them, in the ensuing Exposition of the words.
The Apostle in this Verse gives an account of the Grounds of his Persuasion concerning these Hebrews, expressed in the Verse foregoing. And these he declares unto them partly for Encouragement, and partly that they might be satisfied in his Sincerity, and that he did not give them fair words to entice or allure them by. And the reasons he gives to this purpose may be reduced unto two Heads.