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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.
§ 8 First, They acknowledge that Adam was a common Head unto all mankind. So saith Manasse Ben. Israel from their Principles. Cum itaque esset Adam futurus caput & principium humanae naturae, necesse erat illi a Deo conferri omnem perfectionem & scientiam: De Fragilitate; pag. 34. Whereas Adam was to be the Head and Principle of humane nature, it was necessary that God should endow him with all perfection and knowledge. And this Perfection of his knowledge Aben Ezra on Gen. 12. proves from Gods bringing all Creatures unto him to, give them Names according to their Nature. And the same Author again in his Discourse de Termino Vitae. Aben Ezra inquit nominibus propriis in Sacra Scriptura non praefigi [Greek or Hebrew], He demonstrativum, quod tamen in voce Adam fit, Gen. 3.22. ratio est quia in Adamo notantur omnes ejus posteri, & universa species humana designatur. Aben Ezra says, that He Hajedia is not prefixed unto proper names in the Scripture; only it is so unto the Word Adam, Gen. 3. v. 22. and the Reason is, because in Adam all his Posterity, the whole Race of Mankind is denoted and signified. Now this could not be, but by virtue of some Divine Constitution. For, naturally Adam could have no other Relation to his Posterity than every other man hath unto his own. And this was no other but that Covenant which God made with all mankind in him; whose Promises and Threatenings, Rewards and Punishments, must therefore equally respect them with him.
§ 8 First, They acknowledge that Adam was a common Head unto all mankind. So saith Manasse Ben. Israel from their Principles. Cum itaque esset Adam futurus caput & principium humanae naturae, necesse erat illi a Deo conferri omnem perfectionem & scientiam: De Fragilitate; pag. 34. Whereas Adam was to be the Head and Principle of humane nature, it was necessary that God should endow him with all perfection and knowledge. And this Perfection of his knowledge Aben Ezra on Gen. 12. proves from Gods bringing all Creatures unto him to, give them Names according to their Nature. And the same Author again in his Discourse de Termino Vitae. Aben Ezra inquit nominibus propriis in Sacra Scriptura non praefigi 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, He demonstrativum, quod tamen in voce Adam fit,