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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.
And God might so deal with us all, giving out the whole Revelation of his Will in a system of Precepts, as some seem to suppose that he hath done. But things are now changed on two Accounts.
And God might so deal with us all, giving out the whole Revelation of his Will in a systeme of Precepts, as some seem to suppose that he hath done. But things are now changed on two Accounts.
For (1) It was herein the peculiar Design of God to glorify his Goodness, Love, Grace, and Mercy by Jesus Christ, and he will do it in an abundant manner. He had before glorified his Eternal Power and infinite Wisdom in the Creation of the World and all things therein contained, Psal. 19. 1, 2, 3. Rom. 1. 21. And he had glorified his Holiness and Righteousness in giving of the Law accompanied with Eternal Rewards and Punishments. But Grace and Truth (in the provision of it, and the Accomplishment of the Promise) came by Jesus Christ, Joh. 1. 18. And therefore that the Lord Christ in all this may have the preeminence, he will do it in an abundant and unconceivable manner, above the former Declarations of his Glory in any other of his Attributes. Hence in the Scripture the Communication of Grace is expressed in words that may intimate its exceeding, and passing all understanding, Rom. 5. 20. [Greek or Hebrew]; Grace did by Christ more than abound. To abound expresseth the largest comprehensible Measures and Degrees; But that which doth more than abound, who can conceive? 1 Tim. 1. 14. [Greek or Hebrew], The Grace of our Lord did more than abound; it exceeded all comprehension. So that Glory which is the Effect of this Grace, is said to be given, [Greek or Hebrew],