A53696:1447
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 Angel if we speak exactly, is the Angel the Redeemer, of whom it is written, my name is in him; that Angel which said unto Jacob, I am the God of Bethel: He of whom it is said, God called unto Moses out of the Bush. And he is called the Angel, because he governeth the world. For it is written, Jehovah brought us out of Egypt; and elsewhere he sent his Angel, and brought us out of Egypt. And again, it is written, and the Angel of his presence [face] saved them; namely, the Angel which is the Presence [face] of God; of whom it is said, my presence [face] shall go before thee, and I will cause thee to rest: Lastly, that Angel of whom the Prophet speaks, the Lord whom you seek shall suddenly come to his Temple, the Angel of the Covenant whom you desire. To the same purpose speaks the same Author on Exod. 33.14. My presence shall go before thee; Animadverte attentè quid ista sibi velint. Moses enim & Israelitae semper optavêrunt Angel•m: primum; cae••rùm, quis ille esset verè intelligere non py•uer••t. Neque •nim ab al•is percipiebunt, n•que prophetica notion satis assequebantur. ⟨p. 13⟩Atqui facies Dei ipsum significat Deum— And again, Facies mea praecedet, hoc est, Angelus foederis quem vós cupitis. Observe diligently what is the meaning of these words; for Moses and the Israelites always desired the principal Angel; but who he was they could not perfectly understand: for they could neither learn it of others, nor attain it by Prophecy; but the presence of God, is God himself. My presence [face] shall go before thee; that is, the Angel of the Covenant whom ye desire. Thus he; to which purpose others also of them do speak; though how to reconcile these things to their unbelief in denying the Personality of the Son of God they know not. This was the Angel whose [Greek or Hebrew], Moses prayed for on Joseph, Deut. 33.13. and whom Jacob made to be the same with the Go• that fed him all his days,