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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. That he was not discomposed or exasperated by them so as to wax weary, or to fall off from a dependence on God. The Apostle explains fully the meaning of this word, Rom. 4. 18, 19, 20, 21. Against Hope he believed in Hope, that he might become the Father of many Nations; according unto that which was spoken, so shall thy Seed be. And being not weak in Faith, he considered not his own Body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarahs Womb; He staggered not at the Promise of God through Unbelief, but was strong in Faith giving Glory to God. And being fully persuaded that what he had promised he was able also to perform. Continuing in a way of Believing, as trusting to the Veracity and Power of God against all Difficulties and Oppositions was his [Greek or Hebrew], or patient endurance.
2. That he was not discomposed or exasperated by them so as to wax weary, or to fall off from a dependance on God. The Apostle explains fully the meaning of this word, Rom. 4. 18, 19, 20, 21. Against Hope he believed in Hope, that he might become the Father of many Nations; according unto that which was spoken, so shall thy Seed be. And being not weak in Faith, he considered not his own Body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarahs Womb; He staggered not at the Promise of God through Unbelief, but was strong in Faith giving Glory to God. And being fully perswaded that what he had promised he was able also to perform. Continuing in a way of Believing, as trusting to the Veracity and Power of God against all Difficulties and Oppositions was his 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, or patient endurance.
3. That he abode a long season in this state and condition, waiting on God and trusting unto his Power. It is not a thing quickly tried whether a man be [Greek or Hebrew], one that will patiently endure or no. It is not from his Deportment under one or two Trials, that a man can be so denominated. The whole space of time from his first call to the day of his death, which was just an hundred years, are here included. Wherefore this word expresseth the Life and Spirit of that Faith of Abraham, which is here proposed to the Hebrews as their Example.