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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.
First, The Moral Precepts of it are the same with those that were written in the heart of man by Nature, or the Law of his Creation which he transgressed in his first Rebellion. And he must be delivered from that guilt before any new Obedience can be accepted of him. His old debt must be satisfied for, before he can treat for a new Reward, which inseparably follows all acceptable Obedience. But this the Precepts of the Law take no notice of, nor direct unto any way for its removal; only supposing the doing of it by some other means, it requires exact Obedience in them that come to God thereby. Hence our Apostle concludes, that it could not give life, but was weak and insufficient in its self unto any such purpose.
Besides secondly, it could not absolutely preserve men in its own Observation; for it required that Obedience which never any sinner did or could in all things perform; as the Scriptures of the Old Testament abundantly manifest. For they tell us, there is is no man that sinneth not, 1 Kings 8. v. 46. 2 Chron. 6. v. 36. That, if the Lord should mark iniquity no man could stand, Psal. 130. v. 3. And that, if he enter into Judgement (according to the Law) no man living can be justified in his sight, Psal. 143. v. 2. To this Purpose see the excellent Discourse, and invincible Reasonings of our Apostle, Rom. chap. 3. & 4. This the Holy Men of Old confessed, this the Scripture bears testimony unto, and this Experience confirms, seeing every sin, and transgression of that Law was put under a Curse, Deut. 27. v. 26. Where then, there is no man that sinneth not, and every sin is put under the curse, the Law in the Preceptive part of it can be no means of delivery from the one or other, but is rather a certain means of increasing and aggravating of them both. Neither is there any Testimony given concerning any one under the Old Testament that he was any other way justified before God, but by