A53696:1284
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.
§ 14 The first particular sacrifice instituted in the Church of Israel, regulated and directed, Levit. 1. was the [Greek or Hebrew], the Burnt-offering. I say it was then first prescribed unto that Church, after the rearing of the Tabernacle, and regulated as to the times, occasions, ⟨p. 309⟩and seasons of its celebration; for as to the nature of it, it was instituted and observed from the foundation of the world. And it seems to have been the first acceptable sacrifice, namely, that which Abel offered, Gen. 4.4. For whereas it is expressly said of the offering of Cain, not only that it was mincha, but that it was of the fruits of the earth, that is, a meat-offering; it is said only of Abel, that he brought [Greek or Hebrew] of the firstlings of his flock, and of the fat thereof; that is, either with their fat, or the fat firstlings, the proper matter of this sacrifice. Our Apostle calls it his [Greek or Hebrew], his gift, that is, his [Greek or Hebrew], or free-will-offering, as all were before the Law; and his [Greek or Hebrew], Heb. 11.4. the sacrifice that he slew to the Lord. But the name is first expressed, Gen. 8.20: where both the matter and nature also of it is set down; Noah builded an altar, and took of every clean beast (Bullocks, Sheep and Goats) and of every clean fowl (Turtles and Pigeons) (this God had instructed him in) [Greek or Hebrew] and offered burnt offerings on the altar. So did Job, before the giving of the Law, chap. 1.5. which God also prescribed unto his friends, chap. 42.8. as did Jethro also in the Wilderness Exod. 18.12. For from that sacrifice of Noah, was this Rite of whole-burnt-offerings derived by tradition unto all Nations of his posterity: but the end and use of it being lost, it was in process of time, by the craft of Satan, turned into the chiefest way of exercising their idolatry.
§ 14 The first particular sacrifice instituted in the Church of Israel, regulated and directed,