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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
Exegesis of chapter 7 › Exegesis of verses 1, 2, 3: Ver. 1, 2, 3.
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2. There have been and are to be such Seasons wherein God will dispose of Nations and their Interest according as the Condition of the Church doth require; as he did here with all these Nations, Isa. 43. 3, 4. Chap. 60. 6, 7.
3. The Blessing of God may be expected on a Just and Lawful War. This War and Victory of Abraham, which he received the Blessing upon, is Celebrated, Isa. 41. 2, 3. And our Apostle mentions that Circumstance of the Slaughter of the Kings as that which was a Token of Gods kindness unto Abraham, and of his own Greatness. And where these things occur, (1.) A Lawful necessary immediate Cause of War, as Abraham had for the Rescue of Lot. (2.) A Lawful Call unto the War, as Abraham had being a Sovereign Prince and raising his Army of his own People merely, and that to the securing of the Possessions of a Country granted unto him by God himself; and (3.) A Subserviency unto the Glory of Christ and the Good of the Church, the Presence of God in it, and the Blessing of God upon it, may be justly expected.
3. The Blessing of God may be expected on a Just and Lawful War. This VVar and Victory of Abraham, which he received the Blessing upon, is Celebrated, Isa. 41. 2, 3. And our Apostle mentions that Circumstance of the Slaughter of the Kings as that which was a Token of Gods kindness unto Abraham, and of his own Greatness. And where these things occur, (1.) A Lawful necessary immediate Cause of War, as Abraham had for the Rescue of Lot. (2.) A Lawful Call unto the War, as Abraham had being a Sovereign Prince and raising his Army of his own People meerly, and that to the securing of the Possessions of a Countrey granted unto him by God himself; and (3.) A Subserviency unto the Glory of Christ and the Good of the Church, the Presence of God in it, and the Blessing of God upon it, may be justly expected.