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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 17, 18, 19, 20: Verse 17, 18, 19, 20.
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.
4. He would do it [Greek or Hebrew], more abundantly, that is, beyond what was absolutely 1necessary in this case. The Promise of God who is the God of Truth, is sufficient to give us Security. Nor could it be by us discovered how the Goodness of God himself should require a further procedure. Yet because something further might be useful, for the reasons and ends before declared, he would add a further Confirmation unto his Word. And herein as the Divine Goodness and Condescension are evidently manifested, so it likewise appears what weight God lays upon the assuring of our Faith and Confidence. For in this Case he swears by himself, who hath taught us not so to use his Name but in things of great consequence and moment. This is the sense of the word if it respect the Assurance given, which is more abundant than it could be in or by a single Promise. But [Greek or Hebrew] may refer unto God himself, who gives this Assurance; and then it is as much as ex abundanti, when God who is Truth it self, might justly have required Faith of us on his single Promise, yet ex abundanti, from a superabounding love and care he would confirm it by his Oath; Either sense suits the Apostles design.
4. He would do it 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, more abundantly, that is, beyond what was absolutely 1necessary in this case. The Promise of God who is the God of Truth, is sufficient to give us Security. Nor could it be by us discovered how the Goodness of God himself should require a further procedure. Yet because something further might be useful, for the reasons and ends before declared, he would add a further Confirmation unto his Word. And herein as the Divine Goodness and Condescension are evidently manifested, so it likewise appears what weight God lays upon the assuring of our Faith and Confidence. For in this Case he swears by himself, who hath taught us not so to use his Name but in things of great consequence and moment. This is the sense of the word if it respect the Assurance given, which is more abundant than it could be in or by a single Promise. But 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 may refer unto God himself, who gives this Assurance; and then it is as much as ex abundanti, when God who is Truth it self, might justly have required Faith of us on his single Promise, yet ex abundanti, from a superabounding love and care he would confirm it by his Oath; Either sense suits the Apostles design.