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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
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.
But why doth the Apostle put an Emphasis upon this, that by these things it was impossible that God should lye, or deceive? For it is necessary unto God from his own Being, that it should in all things be impossible for him to lye. He cannot lye, He cannot deceive, He cannot deny himself, or his Word, these things are repugnant unto his Being. I Answer; That the Apostle speaks not of the Nature of the things themselves, but of their manifestation with respect unto us. Nothing was added to the Promise of God to render it more certain, firm, and stable; but an Addition was made unto it to give our minds greater security. Gods Immutability in promising, and impossibility in deceiving, are both equally from his Nature, but the distinct proposition of them, is needful unto our Encouragement and Establishment.
Fallen sinful man stands in need of the utmost Encouragement that Divine Condescension can extend unto, to prevail with him to receive and lay hold of the Promise of Grace 1and Mercy by Jesus Christ.
- 1Obser. 1.
There is nothing that we are so prone unto, as to distrust the Promises of God. Nothing that we are with more difficulty won over unto, than to mix them with Faith. To evidence this we may consider,