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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.
The Revelation or Discovery of the Promise, or of Christ in the Promise, is that alone which directs convinced sinners into their proper course and way. This is the setting of 1an Hope before them, wherein they are called to look unto their strong Tower as Prisoners of Hope, that they may be brought out of the Pit through the Blood of the Everlasting Covenant. The man slayer probably might have many contrivances suggested in his mind, how he might escape the Danger whereunto he was exposed. To leave his present habitation, to lye hid, to betake himself unto Woods or Deserts, and the like vain hopes might present themselves unto ⟨p. 172⟩him. But all these things did but keep him out of his way, and divert him from his Duty; and the longer he entertained them in his thoughts, the more his danger was increased, and his Life hazarded. It was the Remembrance alone of the City of Refuge, set before him in the Law, that directed him to his proper Duty, and set him in his way unto safety. It is no otherwise with Persons under the Convictions of Sin. Many things present themselves unto their minds, with hopes of Relief attending them. Sin it self with a continuance therein will do so, so also will sloth, and the procrastination of present Duty; but especially some Duties themselves, a Righteousness by the works of the Law will do so, and with many is effectual unto their Ruin. Whilst these or any of them are attended unto, the way of Duty and Safety is hidden from the Eyes of Sinners. But when the Promise, Christ in the Promise is proposed unto them, is set before them, so soon as they direct their Eyes that way, they see their course plain before them, and what it is they must betake themselves unto, if they intend a Deliverance out of the condition wherein they are.
The Revelation or Discovery of the Promise, or of Christ in the Promise, is that alone which directs convinced sinners into their proper course and way. This is the setting of 1an Hope before them, wherein they are called to look unto their strong Tower as Prisoners of Hope, that they may be brought out of the Pit through the Blood of the Everlasting Covenant. The man slayer probably might have many contrivances suggested in his mind, how he might escape the Danger whereunto he was exposed. To leave his present habitation, to lye hid, to betake himself unto Woods or Desarts, and the like vain hopes might present themselves unto