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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
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It is the Glory and Honour of a Church, the principal Evidence of its spiritual Life, 1when it is diligent and abounds in those Duties of Faith and Love which are attended with the greatest difficulties. From hence doth the Apostle commend these Hebrews, and firmly persuades himself that they were endued with those better things which accompany Salvation. For hereby, as we might show, (1) God is singularly glorified, (2) The Gospel is peculiarly promoted; (3) An especial lustre is put upon the Graces of the Spirit, and (4) All the Ends of Satan and the World in their Persecutions, are utterly frustrated.
It is the Glory and Honour of a Church, the principal Evidence of its spiritual Life, 1when it is diligent and abounds in those Duties of Faith and Love which are attended with the greatest difficulties. From hence doth the Apostle commend these Hebrews, and firmly perswades himself that they were endued with those better things which accompany Salvation. For hereby, as we might shew, (1) God is singularly glorified, (2) The Gospel is peculiarly promoted; (3) An especial lustre is put upon the Graces of the Spirit, and (4) All the Ends of Sathan and the World in their Persecutions, are utterly frustrated.
- 1Obser. 3.
And these things have we spoken concerning the first ground of the Apostles persuasion of the good spiritual estate at present of these Hebrews, and their future Eternal safety, namely, that work of Faith and labour of Love which he had observed in them.
And these things have we spoken concerning the first ground of the Apostles perswasion of the good spiritual estate at present of these Hebrews, and their future Eternal safety, namely, that work of Faith and labour of Love which he had observed in them.