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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.
The Purpose of God for the saving of the Elect by Jesus Christ, is an Act of Infinite Wisdom as well as of Sovereign Grace. Hence it is called the Counsel of his Will, 1or an Act of his Will accompanied with Infinite Wisdom, which is the Counsel of God. And among all the holy Properties of his Nature, the manifestation of whose Glory he designed therein, there is none more expressly and frequently mentioned than his Wisdom. And it is declared,
The Purpose of God for the saving of the Elect by Jesus Christ, is an Act of Infinite Wisdom as well as of Soveraign Grace. Hence it is called the Counsel of his Will, 1or an Act of his Will accompanied with Infinite Wisdom, which is the Counsel of God. And among all the holy Properties of his Nature, the manifestation of whose Glory he designed therein, there is none more expresly and frequently mentioned than his Wisdom. And it is declared,
- 1Obser. 1.
(1) As that which no created understanding of Men or Angels is able perfectly to comprehend, neither in the Counsel, nor in the Effects of it. Hence our Apostle shutteth up his Contemplation of the ways, paths, and effects of this Wisdom with that Rapture of Admiration Rom. 11. 33, 34, 35, 36. O the depths of the Riches both of the Wisdom and Knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his Judgements, and his ⟨p. 160⟩Ways past finding out? For who hath known the mind of the Lord, or who hath been his Counsellor? or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again. For of him and through him, and to him are all things, to whom be Glory for ever, Amen? The whole issue of our Contemplation of the Wisdom of God in the Eternal projection of our Salvation by Jesus Christ, is only an Admiration of that Abyss which we cannot dive into, with an humble Ascription of Glory to God thereon. And as to the especial effects of this Wisdom, the Angels themselves desire to bow down, with an humble diligence in their enquiry into them,