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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
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(2) To reflect on the common use of that name in the world. This was the Name under which he was reproached, reviled, crucified and slain as a Malefactor, They crucified Jesus. Wherefore the Apostle treating here of the glorious Exaltation of the Son of God, that none might pretend or fancy to themselves that it was any other thing or person that he intended, he expresseth him by that Name, whereby he was known in the world, under which he was reproached and suffered. And this all the Apostles were careful to inculcate in the first preaching of the Gospel; Jesus of Nazareth, Acts 2. 22. This Jesus hath God raised up, ver. 32. His Son Jesus whom ye delivered up and denied in the presence of Pilate, chap. 3. 13. Jesus of Nazareth whom ye crucified; chap. 4. 10. Jesus whom ye slew and hanged on a Tree, chap. 5. 30. For as they testified hereby that they were not ashamed of his Cross, so they laid in security for Faith, against all those fond Imaginations which have been since vented, that Christ in Heaven and in us is somewhat else than that Jesus who was crucified on the Earth. This is that which by the use of this Name he calls our Faith unto, namely, that it is one and the same Jesus, who was humbled and is exalted, who died ignominiously and lives for ever in Glory.
This same Jesus is our Saviour in every state and condition, the same on the Cross and the same at the right hand of the Majesty on high. Hence he is still represented in Heaven as a Lamb slain, Rev. 5. 6. And all apprehensions unto the contrary are destructive unto the whole Foundation of the Gospel.
2. He describes him by that Office and Action whence our Hope receives its