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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.
There was therefore an Especial Long-suffering of God which at that time he exercised towards the Jews, waiting for the Conversion, and the gathering of his Elect unto him, before that total and final destruction, which they had deserved, should come upon that Church and State. This he compares to the Long-suffering of God in the days of Noah, whilst he Preached repentance unto the world, 1 Epist. 3.20. For as those that were obedient unto his Preaching which was only his own family, were saved in the Ark, from the general destruction that came upon the World by Water; so also they that became obedient upon the Preaching of the Gospel, during this new season of Gods special Long-suffering, were to be saved by Baptism, or Separation from the unbelieving Jews ⟨p. 36⟩by the Profession of the Faith, from that destruction that was to come upon them by Fire. This Long-suffering of God the unbelieving Jews, not understanding to be particular, scoffed at, and them who threatened them with such an issue or event of it, 2 Epist. Chap. 3. v. 4. which causeth the Apostle to declare the Nature and End of this Long-suffering which they were ignorant of, ver. 9.
There was therefore an Especial Long-suffering of God which at that time he exercised towards the Jews, waiting for the Conversion, and the gathering of his Elect unto him, before that total and final destruction, which they had deserved, should come upon that Church and State. This he compares to the Long-suffering of God in the dayes of Noah, whilest he Preached repentance unto the world, 1 Epist. 3.20. For as those that were obedient unto his Preaching which was only his own family, were saved in the Ark, from the general destruction that came upon the World by Water; so also they that became obedient upon the Preaching of the Gospel, during this new season of Gods special Long-suffering, were to be saved by Baptism, or Separation from the unbelieving Jews ⟨p. 36⟩by the Profession of the Faith, from that destruction that was to come upon them by Fire. This Long-suffering of God the unbelieving Jews, not understanding to be particular, scoffed at, and them who threatned them with such an issue or event of it, 2 Epist. Chap. 3. v. 4. which causeth the Apostle to declare the Nature and End of this Long-suffering which they were ignorant of, ver. 9.