A53696:1759
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 Apostle adds, that he is [Greek or Hebrew], the express figure or image of his Person; that is, of the Person of God the Father. I shall not enter into any dispute about the meaning of the word Hypostasis, or the difference between it and [Greek or Hebrew]. Many controversies about these words there were of old. And Hierom was very cautious about acknowledging three Hypostases in the Deity, and that because he thought the word in this place to denote substantia, and of that mind are many still, it being so rendered by the Vulgar Translation. But the consideration of these vexed Questions tending not to the opening of the design of the Apostle and meaning of the holy Ghost in this place, I shall not insist upon them. The
The Apostle addes, that he is 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, the express figure or image of his Person; that is, of the Person of God the Father. I shall not enter into any dispute about the meaning of the word Hypostasis, or the difference between it and 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. Many controversies about these words there were of old. And Hierom was very cautious about acknowledging three Hypostases in the Deity, and that because he thought the word in this place to denote substantia, and of that mind are many still, it being so rendred by the Vulgar Translation. But the consideration of these vexed Questions tending not to the opening of the design of the Apostle and meaning of the holy Ghost in this place, I shall not insist upon them. The
1. Hypostasis of the Father, is the Father himself. Hereof, or of him, is the Son said to be the express image. As is the Father, so is the Son. And this agreement, likeness and conveniency, between the Father and the Son, is Essential, not Accidental; as those things are between relations finite and corporeal. What the Father is, doth, hath; that the Son is, doth, hath; or else the Father as the Father could not be fully satisfied in him, nor represented by him.