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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.
1. They are Saints. There is nothing more evident than that all true Believers, and all those who upon their Profession are presumed so to be, are in the New Testament styled Saints. For [Greek or Hebrew] are the same with [Greek or Hebrew], Rom. 1. 7. [Greek or Hebrew], Heb. 2. [Greek or Hebrew], 1 Cor. 1. 2. Saints are the same with called and sanctified in Jesus Christ. Every Believer is sanctified; and every one who is not sanctified, is no true Believer; so that Believers and Saints are the same. But the Atheism of this Age hath made it a Reproach among many once to use the name; and with some this Appellation is restrained unto such as are canonized or deified by themselves. Chrysostom is express to our purpose on this place. [Greek or Hebrew]. Hearing these things, I beseech you let us minister unto the Saints. For every Believer, in as much as he is a Believer, is a Saint. Although he be a secular person (which he mentions in opposition to their Imagination who confined Saintship unto Monks) he is a Saint; which he proves by Testimonies that they are sanctified. These Saints therefore were the Disciples of Christ, Professors of the Gospel, presumed in Charity to be true Believers and therefore real Saints.
1. They are Saints. There is nothing more evident than that all true Believers, and all those who upon their Profession are presumed so to be, are in the New Testament stiled Saints. For 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 are the same with 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, Rom. 1. 7. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, Heb. 2. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, 1 Cor. 1. 2. Saints are the same with called and sanctified in Jesus Christ. Every Believer is sanctified; and every one who is not sanctified, is no true Believer; so that Believers and Saints are the same. But the Atheism of this Age hath made it a Reproach among many once to use the name; and with some this Appellation is restrained unto such as are canonized or deified by themselves. Chrysostome is express to our purpose on this place. . Hearing these things, I beseech you let us minister unto the Saints. For every Believer, in as much as he is a Believer, is a Saint. Although he be a secular person (which he mentions in opposition to their Imagination who confined Saintship unto Monks) he is a Saint; which he proves by Testimonies that they are sanctified. These Saints therefore were the Disciples of Christ, Professors of the Gospel, presumed in Charity to be true Believers and therefore real Saints.