A53696:1008
Exercitations on the Epistle to the Hebrews
Exercitations on the Epistle to the Hebrews also concerning the Messiah wherein the promises concerning him to be a spiritual redeemer of mankind are explained and vindicated, his coming and accomplishment of his work according to the promises is proved and confirmed, the person, or who he is, is declared, the whole economy of the mosaical law, rites, worship, and sacrifice is explained : and in all the doctrine of the person, office, and work of the Messiah is opened, the nature and demerit of the first sin is unfolded, the opinions and traditions of the ancient and modern Jews are examined, their objections against the Lord Christ and the Gospel are answered, the time of the coming of the Messiah is stated, and the great fundamental truths of the Gospel vindicated : with an exposition and discourses on the two first chapters of the said epistle to the Hebrews / by J. Owen ...Exercitations on the Epistle to the Hebrews also concerning the Messiah wherein the promises concerning him to be a spiritual redeemer of mankind are explained and vindicated, his coming and accomplishment of his work according to the promises is proved and confirmed, the person, or who he is, is declared, the whole oeconomy of the mosaical law, rites, worship, and sacrifice is explained : and in all the doctrine of the person, office, and work of the Messiah is opened, the nature and demerit of the first sin is unfolded, the opinions and traditions of the antient and modern Jews are examined, their objections against the Lord Christ and the Gospel are answered, the time of the coming of the Messiah is stated, and the great fundamental truths of the Gospel vindicated : with an exposition and discourses on the two first chapters of the said epistle to the Hebrews / by J. Owen ...
London: printed by Robert White for Nathaniel Ponder, 1668
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. God doth sometimes accomplish his Promises, by putting forth the efficacious power of his Spirit and Grace, effectually and actually to fulfil them, by working the things promised in and upon them unto whom they are promised. And thus are all the Promises of God that concern the Messiah, his Work, his Mediation, with the effects of them, his Grace and Spirit, ⟨p. 249⟩at all Times, in all Ages, absolutely fulfilled in and towards the Elect, that seed of Abraham, unto whom all the Promises do in an especial manner belong. The Election obtaineth the promise, although the rest are hardened. Now if the Jews, or any other Nation under Heaven, shall at any time, or for a long season continue to reject the terms of Reconciliation with God, and of inheriting the promises which are proposed unto them, shall their unbelief make the faith of God of none effect? God forbid. The Truth of God failed not, when he brought only Caleb and Joshua into Canaan, the whole body of the people being consumed in the Wilderness, by reason of their unbelief. God hath done, doth, and always will effectually fulfil all his promises in his Elect; and for the residue of men, they come not short of the enjoyment of them, but upon their own sin, blindness and unbelief.
2. God doth sometimes accomplish his Promises, by putting forth the efficacious power of his Spirit and Grace, effectually and actually to fulfill them, by working the things promised in and upon them unto whom they are promised. And thus are all the Promises of God that concern the Messiah, his Work, his Mediation, with the effects of them, his Grace and Spirit, ⟨p. 249⟩at all Times, in all Ages, absolutely fulfilled in and towards the Elect, that seed of Abraham, unto whom all the Promises do in an especial manner belong. The Election obtaineth the promise, although the rest are hardened. Now if the Jews, or any other Nation under Heaven, shall at any time, or for a long season continue to reject the terms of Reconciliation with God, and of inheriting the promises which are proposed unto them, shall their unbelief make the faith of God of none effect? God forbid. The Truth of God failed not, when he brought only Caleb and Joshua into Canaan, the whole body of the people being consumed in the Wilderness, by reason of their unbelief. God hath done, doth, and alwayes will effectually fulfill all his promises in his Elect; and for the residue of men, they come not short of the enjoyment of them, but upon their own sin, blindness and unbelief.