A53696:1382
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 Apostle intending a comparison between the Mosaical Law and the Gospel, referreth it unto two Heads: First, Their Revelation and Institution; whence the Obligation to the Observance of the one and the other did arise: and Secondly, Their whole Nature, Use and Efficacy. The First he enters upon in these words, and premising that wherein they did agree, distinctly lays down the severals wherein the difference between them doth consist; both which were necessary to complete the comparison intended.
THe Apostle intending a comparison between the Mosaical Law and the Gospel, referreth it unto two Heads: First, Their Revelation and Institution; whence the Obligation to the Observance of the one and the other did arise: and Secondly, Their whole Nature, Ʋse and Efficacy. The First he enters upon in these words, and premising that wherein they did agree, distinctly layes down the severals wherein the difference between them doth consist; both which were necessary to compleat the comparison intended.
That wherein they agree, is the Principal Efficient Cause of their Revelation, or the Prime Author from whom they were. This is God; He was the Author of the Law and Gospel; He spake of old in the Prophets, he spake in the last days in the Son. Neither of them were from Men: not one from one Principle, and the other from an other; both have the same Divine Original. See 2 Tim. 3.16. 2 Pet. 1.16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21. Herein they both agree.
That wherein they agree, is the Principal Efficient Cause of their Revelation, or the Prime Author from whom they were. This is God; He was the Author of the Law and Gospel; He spake of old in the Prophets, he spake in the last dayes in the Son. Neither of them were from Men: not one from one Principle, and the other from an other; both have the same Divine Original. See 2 Tim. 3.16