A53678:882
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.
These Storms would prove ruinous unto the Souls of Believers, were they not indefeasibly 1interested by Faith and Hope in the Promise of the Gospel. Every Storm almost will be too hard for Ships without Cables or Anchors. And as little security have we in a time of Trial from any thing in our selves, if Hope hold not fast on the Promise which is the Anchor of the Soul. And this it will do if it be genuine. For,
- 1Obser. 2.
No distance of place, no Interposition of difficulties can hinder the Hope of Believers, 1from entering into the Presence of, and fixing it self on God in Christ. It pierceth through the Clouds, passeth through the Heavens, stops not at their glorious Veil, until it comes unto the Eternal Fountain and Spring of all Grace and Mercy. And therefore,
No distance of place, no Interposition of difficulties can hinder the Hope of Believers, 1from entring into the Presence of, and fixing it self on God in Christ. It pierceth through the Clouds, passeth through the Heavens, stops not at their glorious Vail, until it comes unto the Eternal Fountain and Spring of all Grace and Mercy. And therefore,
- 1Obser. 3.
The strength and assurance of the Faith and Hope of Believers is invisible unto