A53696:415
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.
Hence Balaam among the Gentiles Prophesied of him, Num. 24. v. 17, 19. And Job among the children of the East that were not of the Posterity of Isaac, professed his faith in him; Chap. 19. v. 25. [Greek or Hebrew]. And I know that my Redeemer liveth, or is living, and afterwards, he shall stand on the earth, or rise on the Dust. He believed that there was a [Greek or Hebrew] a Redeemer promised, one that should free him from sin and misery. Aben Ezra by my Redeemer understandeth a man that would assist him, or judge more favourably of his Cause than his friends at that time did; [Greek or Hebrew]. And his Comment on [Greek or Hebrew] and [Greek or Hebrew], is very fond; [Greek or Hebrew], He is at present Living, or he shall be born hereafter. But is this [Greek or Hebrew] a living Redeemer, [Greek or Hebrew], the living one, is a Property of God; He is [Greek or Hebrew], the living God, 1 Tim 4. v. 10. [Greek or Hebrew], 1 Tim. 6.16. who alone hath immortality. A mortal man is not rightly called a living Redeemer one that hath life in his power. Besides, Job met with no such Redeemer out of his troubles; and therefore R. Levi Ben. Gershom confesseth that it is God who is intended; [Greek or Hebrew], who is the Living One and liveth to Eternity. Of this Redeemer, Job saith, he shall stand on the Earth, or arise on the dust; if the words be taken in the former sense (as they will bear either) his Incarnation and coming into the world, if in the latter his Resurrection out of the dust, is intended. The former seems most probable, and the Earth is expressed by [Greek or Hebrew], the dust, to denote the infinite condescension of this Redeemer in coming to converse on this dust that we live in and upon. And this he shall do [Greek or Hebrew]. The word is used to express the Eternity of God. [Greek or Hebrew], Isa. 44. v. 6. I am the first, and I am the last; so Chap. 48.11. Whence Ralbag before mentioned, interprets this expression, with respect to the works that God shall do in the earth in the latter days. And in this respect our Goel is said to be Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the ending. He that abides thus the same after all, shall stand on the Earth. But the word also is often joined with [Greek or Hebrew], a Generation, a time, a season: Psalm 48.4, 6, 14