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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) That it is a necessary Duty of the Dispensers of the Gospel, to excite their Hearers, by all pressing Considerations, to make a Progress in the Knowledge of the Truth. Thus dealeth our Apostle with these Hebrews. He would not have them always stand at the Porch, but enter into the Sanctuary, and behold the hidden Glories of the House of God. Elsewhere he complains of them who are always Learning, that is in the way of it, under the means of it, but yet by reason of their negligence and carelessness in the Application of their minds unto them, do never come [Greek or Hebrew], 2 Tim. 3. 4. to a clear Knowledge, and acknowledgement of the Truth. And in the same Spirit he complains of his Corinthians, for their want of Proficiency in spiritual things, so that he was forced in his dealing with them to dwell still on the Rudiments of Religion. 1 Cor. 3. 1, 2. In all his Epistles he is continually as it were pressing this on the Churches, that they should labour to grow in Grace, and in the Knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; and that they might do so, was the principal matter of his Prayers for them. Ephes. 3. 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19. Chap. 1. 16, 17, 18, 19. Col. 2. 1, 2. And they are utter Strangers to his Spirit and Example who are careless in this matter, especially such as persuade and even compel others so to be. Wherefore this Duty is necessary unto Dispensers of the Gospel on sundry Accounts.
(1) That it is a necessary Duty of the Dispensers of the Gospel, to excite their Hearers, by all pressing Considerations, to make a Progress in the Knowledge of the Truth. Thus dealeth our Apostle with these Hebrews. He would not have them always stand at the Porch, but enter into the Sanctuary, and behold the hidden Glories of the House of God. Elsewhere he complains of them who are always Learning, that is in the way of it, under the means of it, but yet by reason of their negligence and carelesness in the Application of their minds unto them, do never come 〈non-Latin alphabet〉,