A53696:1079
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 waters being bitter, that they could not drink of them, God showed to Moses a Tree; that is, say some of the Jewish Doctors, he showed him the virtue of a Tree to cure and make wholesome bitter waters. And they say it was a Tree, whose flowers and fruit were bitter; for no other reason, but because Elisha afterwards cured salt waters by casting into them a cruise of salt. The Targum of Jonathan, and that of Jerusalem say, God showed him [Greek or Hebrew] the bitter tree Ardiphne, which is nothing but [Greek or Hebrew], Daphne, the Laurel. And on this Tree the Author of that fabulous Paraphrase would have the glorious name of God to be written, according to the incantations in use amongst them in his days; but that which is designed in the whole, is, that God preparing them for the bitter consuming Law that was to be given them, and discovering unto them their disability to drink of the waters of it for their refreshment, gave them an intimation of the cure of that curse and bitterness by him, who bare our sins in his body upon the Tree, 1 Pet. 2.24. who is the end of the Law for righteousness unto them that do believe.
The waters being bitter, that they could not drink of them, God shewed to Moses a Tree; that is, say some of the Jewish Doctors, he shewed him the virtue of a Tree to cure and make wholesome bitter waters. And they say it was a Tree, whose flowers and fruit were bitter; for no other reason, but because Elisha afterwards cured salt waters by casting into them a cruise of salt. The Targum of Jonathan, and that of Jerusalem say, God shewed him 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 the bitter tree Ardiphne, which is nothing but 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, Daphne, the Lawrel. And on this Tree the Author of that fabulous Paraphrase would have the glorious name of God to be written, according to the incantations in use amongst them in his days; but that which is designed in the whole, is, that God preparing them for the bitter consuming Law that was to be given them, and discovering unto them their disability to drink of the waters of it for their refreshment, gave them an intimation of the cure of that curse and bitterness by him, who bare our sins in his body upon the Tree, 1 Pet. 2.24. who is the end of the Law for righteousness unto them that do believe.