A53678:647
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.
The next thing ascribed unto them is [Greek or Hebrew]. Patience, say we, that is, [Greek or Hebrew]; but these Graces are expressly distinguished, 2 Tim. 3. 10. [Greek or Hebrew]; 1Faith, Long-suffering, Patience; so plainly Col. 1. 11. [Greek or Hebrew]; unto all patience and long-suffering. And in very many places it is recommended as a special Grace and Duty, 2 Cor. 6. 6. Gal. 5. 22. Ephes. 4. 2. Col. 3. 12. And it is often also ascribed unto God, Rom. 2. 4. chap. 9. 22. to Christ, 1 Tim. 1. 16. [Greek or Hebrew] is properly [Greek or Hebrew] longanimis; or as James speaks, [Greek or Hebrew], chap. 1. 19. slow to anger, opposed unto [Greek or Hebrew], hasty, soon angry, bitter in Spirit. It is a gracious sedate frame of Soul, a tranquillity of mind on holy spiritual grounds of Faith, not subject to take provocations, not to be wearied with opposition. Wherefore although the Apostle saith in like manner in another place, that we have need of Patience, that after we have done the will of God we may receive the Promise, chap. 10. 36. yet the longanimity here intended is distinct from it. For as Patience is a gracious submissive quietness of mind in undergoing present troubles and miseries; so this [Greek or Hebrew], or longanimity, ⟨p. 128⟩forbearance, tolerance or long-suffering, is a sedate, gracious disposition of mind to encounter a series of Difficulties and Provocations, without being exasperated by them so as to desert, or cease from the course wherein we are engaged. So where it is ascribed unto God, it signifies that goodness of his Nature, and purpose of his Will, that notwithstanding their manifold provocations, and as it were, daily new surprisals, yet he will bear with sinners, and not divert from his course of goodness and mercy towards them. And with us it hath a twofold object. For (1) In the course of our Faith and Profession we shall meet with many Difficulties and Oppositions, with many Scandals and Offences. These men are apt to take distaste at, to dislike, and so to be provoked, as to leave the way wherein they meet with them. Upon various surprising occasions, they fret themselves to do evil,