A53678:661
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.
By the Promises here the things promised are intended. To inherit the Promises, is to be made partaker of the things promised. And the matter of these Promises was all Grace and Glory. That which is here especially regarded is their full complement in Everlasting glorious Rest with God by Christ. This is proposed unto the Hebrews, and they are encouraged to expect it by the Examples of those who went before them in Faith and Patience. Wherefore he requires,
Lastly, That they should be [Greek or Hebrew], imitatores eorum. Imitatores is not used 1in our Language, and when it is, it rather signifies mimics, or contains some reflection of blame or weakness, than what it is here applied unto. Wherefore we render it followers, that is, in doing what they did, treading and walking in their steps, as our Apostle expresseth it, Rom. 4. 12. as we are to follow the steps of Christ, 1 Pet. 2. 21. It is to think we hear them saying unto us what Abimelech ⟨p. 132⟩did to his Soldiers, Judges 9. 48. What you have seen us do make haste and do as we have done.
Lastly, That they should be 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, imitatores eorum. Imitatores is not used 1in our Language, and when it is, it rather signifies mimicks, or contains some reflection of blame or weakness, than what it is here applied unto. Wherefore we render it followers, that is, in doing what they did, treading and walking in their steps, as our Apostle expresseth it,