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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.
2. The Allusion respects the Properties of an Anchor, which as here expressed are two, the one respecting its Nature, the other its Use. (1) It is [Greek or Hebrew], sure; 1that will not fail; it may be safely trusted unto. The substance of it is firm, the proportion of it is suited unto the Burden of the Ship; and it is no fair promising and yet deceitful Engine. (2) In its Use it is [Greek or Hebrew], firm and steadfast, which no 2violence of Winds or Storms can either break or move from its hold. Such is Hope unto the Soul. (1) In its Nature it is [Greek or Hebrew], sure, and not a deceiving Imagination. It maketh not ashamed, Rom. 5. 5. by any failure or disappointment. Groundless Presumptions are the deceitful Engines, whereby the Souls of multitudes are ruined every day; of no more use than if the Mariners should cast out a Log, or a burden of Straw, to stay their Vessel in a Storm. But Hope proceeding on and built on Faith, is infallible and will not deceive. (2) In its Use it is [Greek or Hebrew], firm and invincible, against all oppositions, not indeed from its self, but from the ground which it fixeth upon, namely, Christ in the Promise, as the next words declare. For,
2. The Allusion respects the Properties of an Anchor, which as here expressed are two, the one respecting its Nature, the other its Use. (1) It is 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, sure; 1that will not fail; it may be safely trusted unto. The substance of it is firm, the proportion of it is suited unto the Burden of the Ship; and it is no fair promising and yet deceitful Engine. (2) In its Use it is 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, firm and stedfast, which no 2violence of Winds or Storms can either break or move from its hold. Such is Hope unto the Soul. (1) In its Nature it is 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, sure, and not a deceiving Imagination. It maketh not ashamed,