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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.
Thus it is also with respect unto our Faith in the Promises of God as unto our own especial and personal Interest in them. We find so many difficulties, so many oppositions, as that we are continually ready to call in question the Accomplishment of them; and indeed few there are, that live in a comfortable and confident assurance thereof. In the times of Temptation, or when perplexities arise from a deep sense of the guilt and power of sin, and on many other occasions, we are ready to say with Zion, The Lord hath forsaken us, our way is passed over from him, as for our part we are cut off.
Thus it is also with respect unto our Faith in the Promises of God as unto our own especial and personal Interest in them. We find so many difficulties, so many oppositions, as that we are continually ready to call in question the Accomplishment of them; and indeed few there are, that live in a comfortable and confident assurance thereof. In the times of Temptation, or when perplexities arise from a deep sense of the guilt and power of sin, and on many other occasions, we are ready to say with Sion, The Lord hath forsaken us, our way is passed over from him, as for our part we are cut off.
In all these cases it were easy to demonstrate whence it is that the Promise hath its insuperable efficacy, and shall have its infallible Accomplishment, but it must be spoken unto under the particular wherein the confirmation of the Promise by the Oath of God is declared. Again,
In all these cases it were easie to demonstrate whence it is that the Promise hath its insuperable efficacy, and shall have its infallible Accomplishment, but it must be spoken unto under the particular wherein the confirmation of the Promise by the Oath of God is declared. Again,
Although there may be privileges attending some Promises, that may be peculiarly appropriated