A53696:1413
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.
It is not for nothing, that the Apostle minds the Hebrews, that the season then present was the last days, whereof so many things were foretold in the Old Testament; Many of their concernments lay in the knowledge of it; which because they give great light unto the whole cause, as stated then between him, and them, must be opened and considered. The sum is, that the end of their Church and State, being foretold to be a perpetual desolation, Dan. 9.27. the last days being now come upon them, they might understand what they were shortly to expect and look for. The end of the Jews being a People, a Church, and Kingdom was to bring forth the Messiah, whose coming and work must of necessity put an end to their old station and condition. Now because herein is enwrapped the most infallible demonstration that the Messiah is long since come, the Apostle mentioning the last days to intimate that upon necessity he must be come in them; I shall further open his design in this matter, but with briefness having been large on this head in our Prolegomena; and for their sakes who by any difficulties may be deterred from the consideration of them.
It is not for nothing, that the Apostle minds the Hebrews, that the season then present was the last dayes, whereof so many things were foretold in the Old Testament; Many of their concernments lay in the knowledge of it; which because they give great light unto the whole cause, as stated then between him, and them, must be opened and considered. The summ is, that the end of their Church and State, being foretold to be a perpetual desolation, Dan. 9.27. the last dayes being now come upon them, they might understand what they were shortly to expect and look for. The end of the Jews being a People, a Church, and Kingdom was to bring forth the Messiah, whose coming and work must of necessity put an end to their old station and condition. Now because herein is enwrapped the most infallible demonstration that the Messiah is long since come, the Apostle mentioning the last dayes to intimate that upon necessity he must be come in them; I shall further open his design in this matter, but with briefness having been large on this head in our Prolegomena; and for their sakes who by any difficulties may be deterred from the consideration of them.