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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.
and then he was actually engaged in the persecution of the Saints of God. These ⟨p. 140⟩two qualifications constant resting in Legal Righteousness, with rage and madness in persecution, than which there are not out of Hell more adverse principles unto it, were all the preparations of that Apostle unto converting Grace. But after that this Grace which is absolutely free and Sovereign is received, there is an order in Gods Covenant which for the most part he observeth in the communication of ensuing Graces and Privileges; namely, that Faith and Obedience shall precede the increase and enlargement of them. Thus was it with Abraham who received his last great signal Promise and Privilege, Gen. 22. upon that signal Act of his Faith and Obedience in offering up his Son upon Gods Command.
and then he was actually ingaged in the persecution of the Saints of God. These ⟨p. 140⟩two qualifications constant resting in Legal Righteousness, with rage and madness in persecution, than which there are not out of Hell more adverse principles unto it, were all the preparations of that Apostle unto converting Grace. But after that this Grace which is absolutely free and Soveraign is received, there is an order in Gods Covenant which for the most part he observeth in the communication of ensuing Graces and Priviledges; namely, that Faith and Obedience shall precede the increase and enlargement of them. Thus was it with Abraham who received his last great signal Promise and Priviledge, Gen. 22. upon that signal Act of his Faith and Obedience in offering up his Son upon Gods Command.
As it was with Abraham, so is it with all those who in any Age are made partakers of Grace or spiritual Privileges.