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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.
Exercitatio XIX.
Ordinances and Institutions of the Judaical Church respected and unfolded in the Epistle to the Hebrews. Principal Heads of them mentioned therein. The call of Abraham, Heb. 11.8, 9, &c. The foundation of the Church in his Posterity. The name of Abram; signification of it. Changed into Abraham; its signification. The time of his Birth and Death. Whence called. Ur of the Chaldees where. And Haran. Extent of Mesopotamia. Moses and Stephen reconciled. Abraham before his call infected with Idolatry. Time of his call. Institution of Circumcision. End and use of it. Time of the Israelites sojourning in Egypt, Gen. 11.13. Exod. 12.40, 41. Act. 7.6. Gal. 3 17. reconciled. The beginning and ending of the 430 years. The Fatal period of Changes in that Church. Institution of the Passover. The time of its celebration. The month. Time of the day. [Greek or Hebrew] between the Evenings, when. The occasion and nature of this Ordinance. The matter of it. The manner of its observance. Sundry things suited to its first celebration, not afterward observed. The number required at the eating of the Lamb. By whom it was killed. Where. How dressed. Jews traditions rejected. The Feast of unleavened Bread. Its Rites. Excision to the neglect of what Ordinances annexed. Jews acknowledge the figurative nature of this Ordinance. Of Frontlets and Phylacteries, Exod. 23.9. Signs and memorials. The sections of the Law written in the Frontlets. The Jews manner of making their Phylacteries: deceits therein. Their trust in them: so proved by our Saviour. Of their Fringes, their appointment, making and use. Dedication of the first-born males to God. Price of the Redemption of Children: Close of God's first dispensation towards that Church. The solemn [Greek or Hebrew]. Preparations for it. Remote. Occasional temporary institutions between the Red-sea and Sinai. Of the waters of Marah. The giving of Manna. Derivation and signification of the name. Water brought out of the Rock. That Rock Christ. Immediate preparations for the receiving of the Law. The time that the people came to Sinai. The Day. The time of the day that the appearance of God's Glory began. The same time that Christ rose from the dead. The place. Sinai the name of the mountain, Horeb of the Wilderness. Of the Monastery there. Moses first Ascent. The ground of it.