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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 1, 2: Verse 1, 2.
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.
Not laying again the foundation of Repentance from dead works▪ and of Faith towards God, of Baptisms, Doctrine, and the laying on of hands, of the Resurrection of the Dead, and 1Eternal Judgement.
- 1Ver. 1, 2.
There are two things in these words added concerning the Doctrine of the Principles of Christ, or the first Doctrines of Christianity. (1) Their general Nature with respect to the whole Truth of the Gospel, metaphorically expressed; They are the Foundation. (2) Their Nature in particular is declared in sundry Instances; not that all of them are mentioned, but these Instances are chosen out to show of what kind they were. In the first two things are proposed, (1) The expression of the thing it self intended, which is the Foundation. (2) The Apostles design with respect unto it, not laying it again.
There are two things in these words added concerning the Doctrine of the Principles of Christ, or the first Doctrines of Christianity. (1) Their general Nature with respect to the whole Truth of the Gospel, metaphorically expressed; They are the Foundation. (2) Their Nature in particular is declared in sundry Instances; not that all of them are mentioned, but these Instances are chosen out to shew of what kind they were. In the first two things are proposed, (1) The expression of the thing it self intended, which is the Foundation. (2) The Apostles design with respect unto it, not laying it again.
[Greek or Hebrew] is as was said in this matter Metaphorical; including an allusion unto an Architect, and his Building. First he lays the Foundation;