A53696:1449
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.
There lies a seeming exception unto this distinction in the giving of the Law; for as we affirm, that it was the Son by whom the Law was given, so in his so doing he spake immediately to the whole Church, Exod. 20.22. The Lord said, I have talked with you from Heaven. The Jews say, that the people understood not one word of what was spoken, but only heard a voice, and saw the terrible appearances of the Majesty of God; as v. 18. for immediately upon that sight, they removed and stood afar off; And the matter is left doubtful in the repetition of the story, Deut. 5.4. It is said indeed the Lord talked with you face to face in the Mount; but yet neither do these words fully prove that they understood what was spoken, and as it was spoken, but only that they clearly discovered the presence of God delivering the Law: for so are those words expounded in v. 5. I stood saith Moses, between the Lord and you at that time, to show you the word of the Lord, for you were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up unto the Mount; that is, you understood not the words of the Law, but as I declared them unto you; and it being so, though the Person of the Son caused the words to be heard, yet he spake not immediately to the whole Church, but by Moses. But Secondly, We shall afterwards show, that all the voices then heard by Moses or the people, were formed in the air by the Ministry of Angels, so that they heard not the immediate voice of God. Now in the last days did the Lord take that work into his own hands, wherein from the foundation of the world he had employed Angels and Men.
There lyes a seeming exception unto this distinction in the giving of the Law; for as we affirm, that it was the Son by whom the Law was given, so in his so doing he spake immediately to the whole Church, Exod. 20.22. The Lord said, I have talked with you from Heaven. The Jews say, that the people understood not one word of what was spoken, but only heard a voice, and saw the terrible appearances of the Majesty of God; as v. 18. for immediately upon that sight, they removed and stood afar off; And the matter is left doubtful in the repetition of the story, Deut. 5.4. It is said indeed the Lord talked with you face to face in the Mount; but yet neither do these words fully prove that they understood what was spoken, and as it was spoken, but only that they clearly discovered the presence of God delivering the Law: for so are those words expounded in v. 5. I stood saith Moses, between the Lord and you at that time, to shew you the word of the Lord, for you were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up unto the Mount; that is, you understood not the words of the Law, but as I declared them unto you; and it being so, though the Person of the Son caused the words to be heard, yet he spake not immediately to the whole Church, but by Moses. But Secondly, We shall afterwards shew, that all the voices then heard by Moses or the people, were formed in the air by the Ministry of Angels, so that they heard not the immediate voyce of God. Now in the last dayes did the Lord take that work into his own hands, wherein from the foundation of the world he had employed Angels and Men.