A53694:385
Exercitations concerning the name, original, nature, use, and continuance of a day of sacred…
Exercitations concerning the name, original, nature, use, and continuance of a day of sacred rest wherein the original of the Sabbath from the foundation of the world, the morality of the Fourth commandment with the change of the Seventh day are enquired into : together with an assertion of the divine institution of the Lord's Day, and practical directions for its due observation / by John Owen.
London: printed by R.W. for Nath. Ponder, 1671
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.
Secondly, The Apostle here changeth the manner of his expression from the plural absolutely, We who believe, or virtually in the name of a multitude, the people of God, into that which is absolutely singular; [Greek or Hebrew], He that is entered. A single person is here expressed, with respect unto whom the things mentioned are asserted; and of this change of phrase, there can be no other reason given.
Secondly, The Apostle here changeth the manner of his expression from the plural absolutely, We who believe, or virtually in the name of a multitude, the people of God, into that which is absolutely singular; 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, He that is entred. A single person is here expressed, with respect unto whom the things mentioned are asserted; and of this change of phrase, there can be no other reason given.
Thirdly, The Rest which this person is said to enter into, is called His Rest absolutely. As God speaking of the former Rest, calls it, My Rest, so this is the My Rest, of another, namely the Rest of Christ: whereas when the entering of Believers into Rest is spoken of, it is called either Gods Rest, They shall enter into my Rest; or Rest absolutely, We that believe do enter into Rest, but not their Rest, or our Rest, for it is not our own absolutely, but Gods Rest whereinto we enter, and wherein we rest. But the Rest here is the Rest of him whose it is, and who is the Author of ours.
Thirdly, The Rest which this person is said to enter into, is called His Rest absolutely. As God speaking of the former Rest, calls it, My Rest, so this is the My Rest, of another, namely the Rest of Christ: whereas when the entring of Believers into Rest is spoken of, it is called either Gods Rest, They shall enter into my Rest; or Rest absolutely, We that believe do enter into Rest, but not their Rest, or our Rest, for it is not our own absolutely, but Gods Rest whereinto we enter, and wherein we rest. But the Rest here is the Rest of him whose it is, and who is the Author of ours.