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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.
An Oath in the Hebrew is called [Greek or Hebrew], and there are two things observable about it: (1) That the Verb to Swear, is never used but in Niphal a passive Conjugation; [Greek or Hebrew]. And as some think this doth intimate that we should be passive in swearing, that is, not to do it unless called, at least from circumstances compelled thereunto; so moreover it doth, that he who swears hath taken a burden on himself, or binds himself to the matter of his Oath. And it is derived from [Greek or Hebrew] which signifies seven; because as some think an Oath ought to be before many Witnesses. But seven being the sacred, complete or perfect number, the name of an Oath may be derived from it, because it is appointed to put a present end unto differences. The Greek calls it [Greek or Hebrew], most probably from [Greek or Hebrew], as it signifies to bind or strengthen. For by an Oath a man takes a Bond on his Soul and Conscience ⟨p. 149⟩that cannot be loosed ordinarily. And the Latin words, juro and jusjurandum, are plainly derived from jus; that is, Right and Law. It is an Assertion for the confirmation of that which is right, and therefore loseth its nature and becometh a mere profanation when it is used in any other case but the confirmation of what is just and right.
An Oath in the Hebrew is called 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, and there are two things observable about it: (1) That the Verb to Swear, is never used but in Niphal a passive Conjugation; 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. And as some think this doth intimate that we should be passive in swearing, that is, not to do it unless called, at least from circumstances compelled thereunto; so moreover it doth, that he who swears hath taken a burden on himself, or binds himself to the matter of his Oath. And it is derived from 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 which signifies seven; because as some think an Oath ought to be before many Witnesses. But seven being the sacred, compleat or perfect number, the name of an Oath may be derived from it, because it is appointed to put a present end unto differences. The Greek calls it 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, most probably from 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, as it signifies to bind or strengthen. For by an Oath a man takes a Bond on his Soul and Conscience