A53678:856
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.
And this Consolation which God intends and designs Believers, is [Greek or Hebrew]; solamen fortissimum, forte, validum, potens. Strong, powerful, prevalent. Strong so as to be prevalent against Opposition, is that which is intended. There are Comforts to be taken, or are often taken from earthly things. But they are weak, languid, and such as fade and dye upon the first appearance of a vigorous opposition. But this Consolation is strong and prevalent against all Creature Oppositions whatever. Strong; that is, such as will abide against all Opposition. A strong Tower; an impregnable Fortress, Munition of Rocks. For it is not the abounding of Consolation in us, but the prevalency of the Causes of it against Opposition that is intended.
And this Consolation which God intends and designs Believers, is 〈non-Latin alphabet〉; solamen fortissimum, forte, validum, potens. Strong, powerful, prevalent. Strong so as to be prevalent against Opposition, is that which is intended. There are Comforts to be taken, or are often taken from earthly things. But they are weak, languid, and such as fade and dye upon the first appearance of a vigorous opposition. But this Consolation is strong and prevalent against all Creature Oppositions whatever. Strong; that is, such as will abide against all Opposition. A strong Tower; an impregnable Fortress, Munition of Rocks. For it is not the abounding of Consolation in us, but the prevalency of the Causes of it against Opposition that is intended.
6. There is the Description of the Persons unto whom God designs this Consolation by the Promise confirmed with his Oath; [Greek or Hebrew]. 1There are three things in this Description of Believers, or the Heirs of the Promise. (1) The way whereby they seek for Relief; they fly for Refuge. (2) The Relief it self which they seek after, which is the Hope set before them. (3) The way whereby they are made Partakers of it, they lay hold upon it.