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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.
There is mention likewise made of him in the Targum on Psalm 8. v. 16. The vineyard § 25 which thy right hand hath planted; [Greek or Hebrew] and on the branch thou hast made strong for thy self, so our Translation; but all Old Translations, as the LXX, vulgar Latin, Syriac, interpret [Greek or Hebrew] not in Analogy unto the preceding Allegory of the Vine, but from [Greek or Hebrew] v. 18. and render it, [Greek or Hebrew]; Super filium hominis, and upon the Son of man, whom thou madest strong for thy self. Targum, [Greek or Hebrew], and for the King Messiah whom thou hast strengthened or fortified, for thy self. And we know how signally in the Gospel he calls himself the Son of man; and among other names ascribed unto him the Talmudists say, he is called jinn, from [Greek or Hebrew] a Son. And v. 18. he is expressly called [Greek or Hebrew], the Son of man, whom thou madest strong for thy self; And hereunto doth Aben Ezra refer the [Greek or Hebrew] in the foregoing Verse. And for that expression, [Greek or Hebrew], let thy hand be upon the man of thy Right hand; he observes, [Greek or Hebrew], when ever Jad the hand, that is the hand of God, hath Beth following it, it is for reproach or punishment, unto them whom it respects; as Exod. 9. v. 3. [Greek or Hebrew], Behold the hand of the Lord is upon thy Cattle, that is, for their destruction. And [Greek or Hebrew], if Beth follow not, it is for praise, or help; as Psalm 119. v. 173. [Greek or Hebrew], let thine hand help me, or be for my help. So that the words are a prayer for the Son of man, And as our Lord Christ was the Son of man; so he was the true Vine, whereof the Father is the Husbandman, and his Disciples the branches, John 15. v. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. And he himself also was called out of Egypt, Matth. 2. v. 15. as was the Vine spoken of in this Psalm; so that, he who is afflicted in all the afflictions of his People, is principally intended in this Prophetical Psalm. Aben Ezra would have the Son of man, to be Israel; but not seeing how well it can be accommodated unto them, he adds, the words may respect Messiah Ben Ephraim an Idol of their own setting up. But the Targum acknowledgeth the true Messiah here; For whose sake the Church is blessed, and by whom it is delivered.