A53696:1045
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.
Abraham; he was first called by his Parents [Greek or Hebrew] Abram; that is, an High Father; § 4 not without a signal presaging providence of God. For as of old they gave significant names unto their children, so therein they had respect unto their present condition, or some prospect they had given them by the Spirit of God of things future, wherein they or theirs should be concerned. So have we the reasons given us of the names of Cain, Gen. 4. v. 5. of Seth, v. 28. of Noah, chap. 5. v. 29. of Peleg, chap. 10. v. 25. and of sundry others. And if we may not suppose that the Parents of Abraham were directed to give him this name of an High Father, by the Spirit of Prophecy, yet considering it suitableness unto what God had designed him for, and its readiness to yield unto that Change which God made afterwards in it, unto a great strengthening of his faith and significancy in a way of instruction unto future generations, we must grant that it was done by the designing holy wise Providence of God. For he was an High Father indeed, as being the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ according to the flesh. In process of time, upon the solemn establishment of the Covenant with him, God change this name of [Greek or Hebrew] into [Greek or Hebrew] Gen. 17. v. 5. Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham. And on the like account did God also change the names of some other persons, or superadded new names unto those whereby they were called before, as of Israel unto Jacob, Gen. 33. v. 28. upon his prevalency with God as a Prince; Jedidiah unto Solomon, 2 Sam. 12. v. 25. because the Lord loved him. And many doubtless had new names given unto them by themselves or others, or some letter or syllable changed in their names, withal altering their signification, upon emergent occasions. Hence have we so many in the Old Testament, whom we find in several places expressed by divers names, or varied in one place from another. Now this change in the name of Abraham was not, as the Jews fancy, to honour him with the addition of a letter out of the Tetragrammaton; but for the addition of a new Prophetical significancy unto it; as God himself expressly declares, Thy name shall be [Greek or Hebrew] Abraham, for a father of a multitude of nations have I made thee. According as he said before, v. 3.