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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.
This Hope elsewhere He calls our confidence, and ascribes a [Greek or Hebrew], a glorying 1or boasting unto it, chap. 3. 6. and a [Greek or Hebrew], or full assurance; chap. 6. 1. Wherefore it is that Grace whereon our Assurance, or that full persuasion of Faith which gives confidence and Glory, doth depend. And there is nothing more adverse unto it, than the common notion of Hope. For it is generally conceived as a dubious, uncertain, fluctuating expectation of that which may be, or may not be for the future. Now although such expectations of all sorts may be included in the general notion of Hope, yet are they excluded from the Nature and Use of that Grace of Hope which is recommended unto us in the Scripture. For this is a firm Trust in God for the enjoyment of the good things contained in his Promises, at the appointed season, raising in the Soul an earnest desire after them, and expectation of them. And for want of the knowledge of the Nature of this Grace, many live without any benefit of its exercise. Let two things concerning it be observed and they will give Light into its Nature and Use. (1) That it springs from Faith, in that it fixeth all its expectation on the good things in the Promise, and that as promised. But it is Faith alone that receives the Promise and giveth an Interest therein. (2) That its Nature and Essence consists in Trust in God, which if it be not the Foundation of all its exercise, whatever may be so called is but a deceiving presumption, Psal. 33. 18. 42. 5. Psal. 130. 5. &c. Wherefore it is the fiduciary Act of Faith on God in the Promises, as it respects the good things of it, as yet absent, future, unenjoyed.
This Hope elsewhere He calls our confidence, and ascribes a 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, a glorying 1or boasting unto it, chap. 3. 6. and a 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, or full assurance; chap. 6. 1. Wherefore it is that Grace whereon our Assurance, or that full perswasion of Faith which gives confidence and Glory, doth depend. And there is nothing more adverse unto it, than the common notion of Hope. For it is generally conceived as a dubious, uncertain, fluctuating expectation of that which may be, or may not be for the future. Now although such expectations of all sorts may be included in the general notion of Hope, yet are they excluded from the Nature and Use of that Grace of Hope which is recommended unto us in the Scripture. For this is a firm Trust in God for the enjoyment of the good things contained in his Promises, at the appointed season, raising in the Soul an earnest desire after them, and expectation of them. And for want of the knowledge of the Nature of this Grace, many live without any benefit of its exercise. Let two things concerning it be observed and they will give Light into its Nature and Use. (1) That it springs from Faith, in that it fixeth all its expectation on the good things in the Promise, and that as promised. But it is Faith alone that receives the Promise and giveth an Interest therein. (2) That its Nature and Essence consists in Trust in God, which if it be not the Foundation of all its exercise, whatever may be so called is but a deceiving presumption,