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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.
Secondly, The Apostle declares in particular what were those Doctrinal Principles which he had in general so described, which were taught unto them who were first initiated into Christianity, and which he will not now again insist upon. Repentance from dead works, &c.
We must first consider the Order of these words, and then their sense, or the things themselves intended. Some here reckon up six Principles, some make them seven, some but four, and by some they are reduced unto three.
The two first are plain and distinct. Repentance from dead works, and Faith towards God. The next that follow are disputed as to their coherence and sense. (1) [Greek or Hebrew], some read these words with a note of distinction between them, [Greek or Hebrew], both the Genitive Cases being regulated by [Greek or Hebrew]; The foundation of Baptisms, and of Doctrine, which are put together by Apposition, not depending one upon another. [Greek or Hebrew] is the Preaching of the word. And this was one of the first things wherein Believers were to be instructed, namely, that they were to abide [Greek or Hebrew], Acts 2. 42. in a constant attendance unto the Doctrine of the Gospel, when preached unto them. And as I shall not assert this Exposition, so I dare not positively reject it, as not seeing any reason cogent to that purpose. But another sense is more probable.
The two first are plain and distinct. Repentance from dead works, and Faith towards God. The next that follow are disputed as to their coherence and sense. (1) 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, some read these words with a note of distinction between them, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, both the Genitive Cases being regulated by ; The foundation of Baptisms, and of Doctrine, which are put together by Apposition, not depending one upon another. is the Preaching of the word. And this was one of the first things wherein Believers were to be instructed, namely, that they were to abide ,