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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.
3. Their Temple being utterly destroyed as well as their State, and their Messiah not yet come, what think they of their Sacrifices? Daniel tells them that he was to come, and to be cut off, before the ceasing of the daily Sacrifices; But they must confess that all Sacrifices are long since utterly ceased; for surely their offering of a Cock to the Devil on the day of Expiation, is no continuance of them. Some say that the Messiah intended by Daniel was King Agrippa whom Vespasian slew at Rome. But this obstinacy is intolerable; that a Semi-Pagan as Agrippa was, should be their Messiah so honourably foretold of, is a figment, which whatever they pretend, themselves believe not. Nor was Agrippa slain or cut off, but lived in peace to the day of his death. The most of them know not what to say, but only object that the computation of Daniel is dark and obscure, which Christians themselves are not agreed about. Concerning which I must refer the Reader to our Prolegomena, as also for the full and large handling of the things here by the way only touched upon.
3. Their Temple being utterly destroyed as well as their State, and their Messiah not yet come, what think they of their Sacrifices? Daniel tells them that he was to come, and to be cut off, before the ceasing of the daily Sacrifices; But they must confess that all Sacrifices are long since utterly ceased; for surely their offering of a Cock to the Devil on the day of Expiation, is no continuance of them. Some say that the Messiah intended by Daniel was King Agrippa whom Vespasian slew at Rome. But this obstinacy is intolerable; that a Semi-Pagan as Agrippa was, should be their Messiah so honourably foretold of, is a figment, which whatever they pretend, themselves believe not. Nor was Agrippa slain or cut off, but lived in peace to the day of his death. The most of them know not what to say, but only object that the computation of Daniel is dark and obscure, which Christians themselves are not agreed about. Concerning which I must refer the Reader to our Proiegomena, as also for the full and large handling of the things here by the way only touched upon.
This makes it evident who were the Persons who were spoken unto in these last days, TO US. That is the members of the Judaical Church,