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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.
The Lord Jesus Christ by his Spirit and Word, did not only destroy Idolatry and false Worship in the world, but also brought the greatest and most potent Nations of it to the Knowledge of God, that in comparison of what was past, it covered the earth; as the Waters cover the Seas. This the Jews saw and repined at in the flourishing times of the Roman Empire, when the Lord was one, and his Name was one, in the whole earth, as that Expression is used in the Scripture. 5. The Way whereby this Knowledge and Worship of the true God was dispersed over the face of the earth, and spread its self like an mundation of saving waters over the world, was by such a secret energy of the spirit of Christ accompanying his Word and the Ministration of it, that it wholly differed from that operous, burdensome, and for the most part ineffectual way of teaching which was used by the Priests, Levites, and Scribes of old; there being much more of the efficacy of Grace, then of the pains of the Teachers seen in the Effects wrought and produced, according to the Words of the Promise, Jerem. 31.34. 6. In this diffusion of the knowledge of God, there was way made for the Union, Agreement, and joint Consent in Worship, of those that should receive it. For both the partition wall between Jews and Gentiles was removed, and both people did actually coalesce into one body, worshipping God with one lip and shoulder, and also an holy and plain way of spiritual Worship was prescribed unto all, that should, or did embrace the Law of the Messiah. 7. Notwithstanding all that hath been already accomplished, yet there is still room and time left and remaining for the further accomplishment of these predictions, so that before the close of the Kingdom of the Messiah, not one Tittle of them shall fall to the ground. And thus also, the open Event, known to all the world, doth manifest the due and full accomplishment of these Promises, making it unquestionable, that the Messiah is long since come, and hath fulfilled the work that he was designed of old unto.
The Lord Jesus Christ by his Spirit and Word, did not only destroy Idolatry and false Worship in the world, but also brought the greatest and most potent Nations of it to the Knowledge of God, that in comparison of what was past, it covered the earth; as the Waters cover the Seas. This the Jews saw and repined at in the flourishing times of the Roman Empire, when the Lord was one, and his Name was one, in the whole earth, as that Expression is used in the Scripture. 5. The Way whereby this Knowledge and Worship of the true God was dispersed over the face of the earth, and spread its self like an mundation of saving waters over the world, was by such a secret energy of the spirit of Christ accompanying his Word and the Ministration of it, that it wholly differed from that operous, burdensome, and for the most part ineffectual way of teaching which was used by the Priests, Levites, and Scribes of old; there being much more of the efficacy of Grace, then of the pains of the Teachers seen in the Effects wrought and produced, according to the Words of the Promise,