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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 concerning the Salvation of the Elect by Jesus Christ, became 1Immutable from hence, that the Determination of his Will was accompanied with infinite Wisdom; It was his Counsel. All the certainty that is amongst men as to the Accomplishment of any End designed by them, depends on the exercise of Wisdom in finding out and applying suitable means thereunto. And because their Wisdom is weak in all things, and in most no better than folly, whence generally they fix first on ends unprofitable, and then make use of means weak and unsuited unto their purpose, it is, that all their affairs are wrapped up in uncertainties, and most of them end in disappointments and confusion. But as God fixeth on those Ends which perfectly comply with his own infinite Holiness and Sovereignty, whence they ⟨p. 162⟩are necessarily good and holy; so he doth not first do so, and then make choice of various means that proffer themselves unto those Ends. But in his infinite Wisdom Ends and Means lye before him in one Vein; and fall together under his unalterable Determination. Two things therefore may be considered in the Wisdom of God giving Immutability to his Counsel concerning the Salvation of the Elect by Jesus Christ.
The Purpose of God concerning the Salvation of the Elect by Jesus Christ, became 1Immutable from hence, that the Determination of his Will was accompanied with infinite Wisdom; It was his Counsel. All the certainty that is amongst men as to the Accomplishment of any End designed by them, depends on the exercise of Wisdom in finding out and applying suitable means thereunto. And because their Wisdom is weak in all things, and in most no better than folly, whence generally they fix first on ends unprofitable, and then make use of means weak and unsuited unto their purpose, it is, that all their affairs are wrapped up in uncertainties, and most of them end in disappointments and confusion. But as God fixeth on those Ends which perfectly comply with his own infinite Holiness and Soveraignty, whence they ⟨p. 162⟩are necessarily good and holy; so he doth not first do so, and then make choice of various means that proffer themselves unto those Ends. But in his infinite Wisdom Ends and Means lye before him in one Vein; and fall together under his unalterable Determination. Two things therefore may be considered in the Wisdom of God giving Immutability to his Counsel concerning the Salvation of the Elect by Jesus Christ.