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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.
(1.) The General Argument and Scope of it declares it to be Pauls. Hereof there are two parts: (1.) The Exaltation of the Person, Office, and Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, with the Excellency of the Gospel and the Worship therein commanded, revealed by him. (2.) A Discovery of the Nature, Use and Expiration of Mosaical Institutions, their present Unprofitableness, and ceasing of their obligation unto obedience. The first part, we may grant to have been equally the design of all the Apostles, though we find it in a peculiar way insisted on in the Writings of Paul. The latter was his special work and business. This partly ex instituto, partly occasionally from the opposition of the Jews, was he engaged in the promotion of, all the world over. The Apostles of the Circumcision according to the Wisdom given them, and suitable to the nature of their work, did more accommodate themselves to the prejudicate Opinion of the Jewish Professors; and the rest of the Apostles had little occasion to deal with them, or others on this subject. Paul in an eminent manner in this work bare the burden of that day. Having well settled all other Churches, who were troubled in this Controversy by some of the Jews, he at last treats with themselves directly in this Epistle, giving an account of what he had elsewhere Preached and taught to this purpose, and the grounds that he proceeded upon; and this not without great success, as the burying of the Judaical Controversy not long after doth manifest.
(1.) The General Argument and Scope of it declares it to be Pauls. Hereof there are two parts: (1.) The Exaltation of the Person, Office, and Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, with the Excellency of the Gospel and the Worship therein commanded, revealed by him. (2.) A Discovery of the Nature, Ʋse and Expiration of Mosaical Institutions, their present Unprofitableness, and ceasing of their obligation unto obedience. The first part, we may grant to have been equally the design of all the Apostles, though we find it in a peculiar way insisted on in the Writings of Paul. The latter was his special work and business. This partly ex instituto, partly occasionally from the opposition of the Jews, was he ingaged in the promotion of, all the world over. The Apostles of the Circumcision according to the Wisdom given them, and suitable to the nature of their work, did more accommodate themselves to the prejudicate Opinion of the Jewish Professors; and the rest of the Apostles had little occasion to deal with them, or others on this subject. Paul in an eminent manner in this work bare the burthen of that day. Having well setled all other Churches, who were troubled in this Controversie by some of the Jews, he at last treats with themselves directly in this Epistle, giving an account of what he had elsewhere Preached and taught to this purpose, and the grounds that he proceeded upon; and this not without great success, as the burying of the Judaical Controversie not long after doth manifest.