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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
Exegesis of chapter 6 › Exegesis of verses 13, 14, 15, 16: Verse 13, 14, 15, 16.
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.
Verse 13, 14, 15, 16.
For when God made Promise to Abraham; (God promising unto Abraham) because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, Saying, Surely blessing, I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee; and so after he had patiently endured he obtained the Promise. For men verily swear by the greater, and an Oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
[Greek or Hebrew]; For; Expositors agree that this causal Connection doth not infer a reason or enforcement of the preceding Exhortation unto Faith and directly: But it gives an 1account wherefore he proposed unto them the Examples of their Fore-fathers, as those who through Faith and Patience inherited the Promises. For that they did so really and truly he proves by an Instance above all exception, producing the Example of one which he knew would be most forcible and prevalent with them. It is evident that they by Faith and Patience obtained the Promise, for so did Abraham, the grounds whereof he particularly declares.
〈non-Latin alphabet〉; For; Expositors agree that this causal Connexion doth not infer a reason or enforcement of the preceding Exhortation unto Faith and directly: But it gives an 1account wherefore he proposed unto them the Examples of their Fore-fathers, as those who through Faith and Patience inherited the Promises. For that they did so really and truly he proves by an Instance above all exception, producing the Example of one which he knew would be most forcible and prevalent with them. It is evident that they by Faith and Patience obtained the Promise, for so did Abraham, the grounds whereof he particularly declares.