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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.
2. How he swears; wherein also two things are comprised; (1) The manner of his swearing, and (2) the Nature of his Oath.
2. How he swears; whrein also two things are comprised; (1) The manner of his swearing, and (2) the Nature of his Oath.
1. The manner of swearing is twofold. (1) That which positively expresseth and engageth what is sworn by; and (2) That wherein an imprecation or execration is implied or expressed. The first the Latins express by per; per Deum; the Greeks by [Greek or Hebrew] and [Greek or Hebrew], to the same purpose; The Hebrews prepose the letter [Greek or Hebrew] unto the ⟨p. 145⟩thing sworn by. So here [Greek or Hebrew] that is, by my self. Sometimes there is no expression to that purpose, only God affirms that he hath Sworn, for he is every way his own witness, 1 Sam. 3. 14. I have sworn unto the House of Eli. So Psal. 132. Isa. 14. 24. Sometimes he expresseth some of the Properties of his Nature, as Psal. 89. 35. [Greek or Hebrew] Juravi per sanctitatem meam; I have sworn by my Holiness. So Amos 4. 2. By my self; Jer. 22. 5. Isa. 45. 23. chap. 43. 13. By his right hand, and the arm of his strength; Isa. 62. 8. By his great name;