A53696:488
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.
Isa. 28.5. In that day shall the Lord of Hosts be for a Crown of Glory; Targum; § 41 [Greek or Hebrew], the Messiah of the Lord of Hosts: the Lord of Hosts, in and with the Messiah, who is the Crown of Glory, and Diadem of Beauty in his Kingly Office and Rule unto the Remnant of his People that shall be saved by him.
Isa. 28.5. In that day shall the Lord of Hosts be for a Crown of Glory; Targum; § 41 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, the Messiah of the Lord of Hosts: the Lord of Hosts, in and with the Messiah, who is the Crown of Glory, and Diadem of Beauty in his Kingly Office and Rule unto the Remnant of his People that shall be saved by him.
Isa. 42. v. 1. Behold my servant whom I uphold; my Elect. Targum, [Greek or Hebrew], § 42 Behold my servant the Messiah. How much better than the Translation of the LXX. [Greek or Hebrew]; applying the words to the whole People of Israel, whereas they are expressly referred to the Lord Christ, Mat. 12. v. 17, 18. And Kimchi on this place, [Greek or Hebrew], behold my servant; that is Messiah the King; And Abarbinel confutes both R. Saadias, and Aben Ezra with sharpness, who were otherwise minded. How much better than he of late, who interprets these words of Isaiah himself, unto whom not one letter of the Prophecy can receive any tolerable accommodation. It is the Messiah then, by their own confession, who is intended in this Prophecy; who is described not on horse-back in his harness as a great Warrior, such as they expect him, but one filled with the Spirit of the Lord, endowed with meekness, suffering opposition and persecution, bringing forth righteousness and truth unto the Gentiles, who shall wait for his Law, and receive it, when it is rejected by the Jews, as the event hath manifested,