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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.
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And he was a great Example herein unto all Believers under the New Testament; For there are many Promises remaining as yet unaccomplished, and which at present as in other Ages, seem not only to be remote from but as unto all outward means to be cast under an impossibility of accomplishment. Such are those as concerning the calling of the Jews, the coming in of the fullness of the Gentiles, with the ⟨p. 139⟩enlargement and establishment of the Kingdom of Christ in this world. Concerning all these things, some are apt to despond, some irregularly to make haste, and some to reject and despise them. But the Faith of Abraham would give us present satisfaction in these things and assured expectation of their Accomplishment in their proper season.
And he was a great Example herein unto all Believers under the New Testament; For there are many Promises remaining as yet unaccomplished, and which at present as in other Ages, seem not only to be remote from but as unto all outward means to be cast under an impossibility of accomplishment. Such are those as concerning the calling of the Jews, the coming in of the fulness of the Gentiles, with the ⟨p. 139⟩enlargement and establishment of the Kingdom of Christ in this world. Concerning all these things, some are apt to despond, some irregularly to make haste, and some to reject and despise them. But the Faith of Abraham would give us present satisfaction in these things and assured expectation of their Accomplishment in their proper season.
Secondly, The peculiar Interest of Abraham in this Promise as to the spiritual part of it may also be considered; and hereof in like manner there were two parts.