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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. There is in the words the internal manner and form of swearing amongst men, they swear by a greater, a Nature above them, superior unto them, in whose 1power and at whose disposal they are; which hath been spoken unto.
2. There is in the words the internal manner and form of swearing amongst men, they swear by a greater, a Nature above them, superiour unto them, in whose 1power and at whose disposal they are; which hath been spoken unto.
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3. The use of an Oath among men is declared; and therein (1) The subject matter of it, or what is the occasion and subject which it respects. And this is 1[Greek or Hebrew], which we have rendered strife; contradiction between two or more. When one party avers one thing, and another another, and no evidence ariseth from the matter controverted about, nor any of its circumstances, there must of necessity be amongst them [Greek or Hebrew], an endless strife, and mutual ⟨p. 148⟩contradiction, which would quickly bring all things to violence and confusion. For if in matters of great concernment and especial Interest, one man positively asserts one thing, and another another, and no Evidence arise from circumstances to state aright the matter in difference, it must come to Force and War, if there be no other way of bringing all parties unto an Acquiescence; for he who hath peremptorily asserted his right will not afterwards voluntarily forego it, not only because of the loss of his just claim as he apprehends, but also of his Reputation, in making an unjust claim thereunto. In such cases an Oath is necessary unto the Government and Peace of mankind, as without which strifes must be perpetuated, or ended by force and violence. This the Apostle respects when he saith, an Oath amongst men is an end of strife. There is therefore unto a lawful Oath required, (1) A just occasion, or a strife amongst men otherwise undeterminable. (2) A lawful Rule, or Government with power to propose, and to judge about the difference on the Evidence thereof; or a mutual consent of persons concerned. (3) A solemn Invocation of God, as the supreme Governor of the world, for the interposition of his Omniscience and Power, to supply the defects and weaknesses that are in the Rules and Rulers of humane Society.