A53696:477
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.
Besides, on what account should Hezekiah so eminently be called The Prince of Peace? § 35 [Greek or Hebrew]. A Prince, is never used in the Scripture with reference unto any thing, but he that is so called, hath chief Power and Authority over that whereof he is the [Greek or Hebrew] Prince, Chief, or Captain; as [Greek or Hebrew] is the General, or Chief Commander of the Army, under whose Command, and at whose disposal it is. By the Greeks it is rendered [Greek or Hebrew] and [Greek or Hebrew]; as the Apostle calls our Lord Jesus Christ [Greek or Hebrew], Acts 13.15. the Prince of Life; and [Greek or Hebrew], Heb. 2. v. 10. The Prince or Captain of Salvation. Nor is the word once in the Old Testament applied unto any one, but he that had Power and Authority over that which he was the [Greek or Hebrew], or Prince of, to give, grant, or dispose of it, as he thought meet; And in what sense then can Hezekiah be called the Prince of Peace? Had he the Power of Peace of any sort in his hand? Was he the Lord of it? Was it at his disposal? The most of his reign he spent in War; first with his Neighbours the Philistines, 2 Kings 18. v. 8. And afterwards with the King of Assyria; who took all the Cities of Judah, one or two only excepted, 2 Kings 18. v. 13. And in what sense shall he be called the Prince of Peace? The Rabbins, after their wonted manner to fetch any thing out of a word whether it be ought to their Purpose or no, answer, that it was because of that saying, Isa. 39. v. 8. For there shall be Peace and Truth in my days. But this being spoken with respect unto the very latter part of his Reign, and that only with reference unto the Babylonian Captivity which was afterwards to ensue, is a sorry foundation to entitle him ⟨p. 108⟩unto this illustrious Name, the Captain, Prince, or Lord of Peace; which bespeaks one that had all Peace, (and that in the Scripture Language, is all that is Good or prosperous both temporal and spiritual, in reference unto God and man) in his power and disposal. And yet this is the utmost that any of them pretend to give countenance unto this Appellation.