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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
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(3.) His Way of Argument in this and his other Epistles is the same. Now this as we shall see, is Sublime and Mystical, accommodated rather to the Spiritual Reason of Believers, than the Artificial Rules of Philosophers. That he should more abound with Testimonies and Quotations out of the Scripture of the Old Testament in this, than other Epistles, as he doth, the Matter whereof he treats, and the Persons to whom he wrote did necessarily require.
(4.) Many things in this Epistle evidently manifest that he who wrote it, was not only mighty in the Scripture, but also exceedingly well versed and skilful in the Customs, Practices, Opinions, Traditions, Expositions and Applications of Scripture then received in the Judaical Church, as we shall fully manifest in our progress: Now who in those days among the Disciples of Christ could this be but Paul? For as he was brought up under one of the Best and Most Famous of their Masters in those days, and profited in the Knowledge of their then present Religion above his Equals, so for want of this kind of Learning, the Jews esteemed the chief of the other Apostles, Peter and John, to be Idiots and Unlearned.
(4.) Many things in this Epistle evidently manifest that he who wrote it, was not only mighty in the Scripture, but also exceedingly well versed and skillfull in the Customs, Practices, Opinions, Traditions, Expositions and Applications of Scripture then received in the Judaical Church, as we shall fully manifest in our progress: Now who in those dayes among the Disciples of Christ could this be but Paul? For as he was brought up under one of the Best and Most Famous of their Masters in those dayes, and profited in the Knowledge of their then present Religion above his Equals, so for want of this kind of Learning, the Jews esteemed the chief of the other Apostles, Peter and John, to be Ideots and Ʋnlearned.