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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.
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(2) God in his infinite Wisdom foresaw all the Interveniencies on our part that might obstruct the certain Accomplishment of the Promise. The Promise was first given indefinitely unto all mankind in our first Parents. But soon after the wickedness of the whole world, with their absolute contempt of the Grace of the Promise was such, as that any Creature would conceive that it would be of none effect, being so visibly, so universally rejected and despised. But a perfect View hereof lying under the Wisdom of God, he provided against it for the Immutability of his Purpose and Infallibility of his Promise, by singling out first one, then another, and at last the whole Posterity of Abraham, towards whom the Promise should be accomplished. But yet after a long season, there came the last and uttermost trial of the whole matter. For the generality of the Seed of Abraham rejected the Promise also, whereby it appeared really to have been frustrated, and to be of none effect, as our Apostle declares in his Answer to that Objection, Rom. 9. 6. But instead of changing his Purpose, God then more fully discovered wherein the Immutability of his Counsel did consist, and whereon it did depend, as Gal. 3. 8. And this was, that all along, and under all those Apostasies, he ever had, and ever will have in the world an Elect people chosen by him before the foundation of the world, in and towards whom his Purpose was Immutable and his Promise Infallible. No Interveniency can possibly shake or alter what hath been settled by infinite Wisdom. There is not a particular Believer but is made so sensible of his own unworthiness, that at one time or another he cannot but be almost brought to a loss, how it should be, that such a one as he should ever inherit the Promise. But God foresaw all that hath befallen us, or will do so; and hath in his infinite Wisdom provided against all Interveniencies that his Purpose might not be changed, nor his Promise frustrated.
Infinite Goodness, as acting it self in Christ, was not satisfied in providing and preparing good things for Believers, but it would also show and declare it unto them for their present