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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.
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2. In compliance herewith, holy men and such as walked with God before the giving of the Law, did solemnly swear when occasion did require it, and they were lawfully called. So Abraham sware to Abimelek, Gen. 21. 15. and gave an Oath unto his Servant, Gen. 24. 3. 9. So Jacob sware with Laban, Gen. 31. 52. And Joseph sware unto his Father, Gen. 47. 31. And these had no respect unto any legal Institution, so that their practice should be thought to be reproved in those passages of the Gospel which shall be mentioned afterwards.
3. That Oaths were in use and approved of under the Law and the Administration thereof, is not by any denied, and they are commended who did solemnly practice according to the Command. Isa. 65. 16. Psal. 63. 12. which of it self doth sufficiently evidence that there is no evil in the nature of it; for God did never permit much less approve any thing of that kind. And those who judge an Oath to be unlawful under the New Testament, do suppose that the Lord Christ hath taken away the principal Instrument of humane Society, the great means of preserving Peace, Tranquillity and Right, though in its own Nature good and every way suited to the Nature of God and man.
4. There is in the New Testament nothing against this practice, yea there is much to confirm it, although considering the foundations whereon it is built, it is sufficient that there is not any thing in the Gospel contrary unto it, as it was a positive Institution, nor can be any thing in the Gospel contrary unto it as it is a dictate of the Light of Nature. But (1) That Prophecy