A53678:649
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.
These were the ways whereby they came to inherit the Promises. The Heathen of old fancied that their Hero's or Patriarchs by great, and as they were called, Heroic Actions, by Valour, Courage, the Slaughter and Conquest of their Enemies, usually attended with Pride, Cruelty and Oppression, made their way into Heaven. The way of Gods Hero's, of the Patriarchs of his Church and People unto their Rest and Glory, unto the enjoyment of the Divine Promises, was by Faith, Patience, Long-suffering, Humility, enduring Persecution, self-denial, and the spiritual Virtues generally reckoned in the world unto pusillanimity, and so despised. So contrary are the Judgements and Ways of God and men even about what is good and praise-worthy. Observe as we pass on, That
These were the ways whereby they came to inherit the Promises. The Heathen of old fancied that their Hero's or Patriarchs by great, and as they were called, Heroick Actions, by Valour, Courage, the Slaughter and Conquest of their Enemies, usually attended with Pride, Cruelty and Oppression, made their way into Heaven. The way of Gods Hero's, of the Patriarchs of his Church and People unto their Rest and Glory, unto the enjoyment of the Divine Promises, was by Faith, Patience, Long-suffering, Humility, enduring Persecution, self-denial, and the spiritual Virtues generally reckoned in the world unto pusillanimity, and so despised. So contrary are the Judgements and Ways of God and men even about what is good and praise-worthy. Observe as we pass on, That
Faith and patient long-suffering are the only way whereby Professors of the Gospel may attain Rest with God in the Accomplishment of the Promises. It is a sad consideration which way and by what means some men think to come to Heaven, or carry themselves as if they did so. They are but few who think so much as a naked Profession of these things to be necessary thereunto. But living avowedly in all sorts of sins, they yet suppose they shall inherit the Promises of God. But this was not the way of the holy men of old, whose example is proposed to us. Some think Faith at least to be necessary hereunto. But by Faith they understand little more than that they profess the true Religion, about which there are so many contests in the world.