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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.
Now the Books thus given by the Spirit of Prophecy they make of two sorts; 1. [Greek or Hebrew], the former Prophets, which are all the Historical Books of the Old Testament written before the Captivity, as Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings; Ruth only excepted: 2. [Greek or Hebrew], which are all the Prophetical Books peculiarly so called, Daniel only excepted; that is Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the twelve Minor Prophets; Of the last sort, or [Greek or Hebrew] Cethubim, Books written by the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, are the Poetical Books of the Scripture; Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Canticles, Lamentations, with Ecclesiastes, whereunto they add Ruth, Daniel and the Historical Books ⟨p. 59⟩written after the Captivity, as the Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah, which make up the Canon of the Old Testament; why sundry of these Books should be cast into the last sort, as the Story of Ruth, and the Prophecy of Daniel, they can give no tolerable account. The other Books also written after the Captivity are plainly of the same nature with those which they call the former Prophets; And for that of Daniel, it contains in it almost all the eminent kinds of Revelation whereby themselves would distinguish the Spirit of Prophecy from the Inspiration of the Holy Ghost. Neither have they any Reason for this distribution; but finding the general division before mentioned to have been received in the Church of old, they have disposed of the particular Books into their orders, at their pleasure, casting Daniel as is probable into their last order, because so many of his Visions and Prophesies relate unto other Nations besides their own.
Now the Books thus given by the Spirit of Prophesie they make of two sorts; 1. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, the former Prophets, which are all the Historical Books of the Old Testament written before the Captivity, as Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings; Ruth only excepted: 2. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, which are all the Prophetical Books peculiarly so called, Daniel only excepted; that is Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the twelve Minor Prophets; Of the last sort, or 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Cethubim, Books written by the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, are the Poetical Books of the Scripture; Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Canticles, Lamentations, with Ecclesiastes, whereunto they add Ruth, Daniel and the Historical Books