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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.
The Apostle in these words confirms one part of his Intention, of the stability of a Divine Promise confirmed with an Oath, by a general maxim concerning the Nature and Use of an Oath among men; and withal makes a transition into the second part of his Discourse; or the Application of the whole unto the use of them that Believe. And therefore sundry things, an Observation whereof will give us the sense and explication of them, are to be considered. As,
The Apostle in these words confirms one part of his Intention, of the stability of a Divine Promise confirmed with an Oath, by a general maxime concerning the Nature and Use of an Oath among men; and withall makes a transition into the second part of his Discourse; or the Application of the whole unto the use of them that Believe. And therefore sundry things, an Observation whereof will give us the sense and explication of them, are to be considered. As,
1. The Reason why God in his gracious Condescension unto our Infirmities is 1pleased to confirm his Promise with an Oath, is introduced by the particle [Greek or Hebrew], For, which gives an account of what was spoken ver. 13. and the reason intended consists herein; That by the Light of Nature witnessed unto by the common consent and usage of mankind, the ultimate, supreme and most satisfactory way of giving assurance unto, or confirming what is spoken, or promised, is by an Oath. And the Apostle argueth not merely from what men do by common consent as it were among themselves, but what the Law and Order of all things, in subjection unto God, doth require. For whereas men do or ought to acknowledge his supreme Rule and Government over all, when their own rights and concerns cannot be determined and peaceably fixed by reason or testimony, or any other Instrument whereof they have the use, it is necessary that an Appeal be made unto God for his Interposition, wherein all must acquiesce. This therefore being amongst men the highest assurance and ultimate determination of their thoughts, the holy God intending the like assurance in Spiritual things confirms his Promise by his Oath, that we may know from what we centre in as to our own occasions, that there can be no accession of security made thereunto.