A53696:491
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.
§ 44 Jerem. 23. v. 5. And I will raise unto David a Righteous Branch. Targum: [Greek or Hebrew]; and I will raise up unto David Messiah the Righteous. This is he who in the next Verse is called [Greek or Hebrew] Jehovah our Righteousness. The Jews generally agree that it is the Messiah who is here intended; and whereas a late Christian Expositor would have Zerubbabel to be designed in these words, Abarbinel himself, gives many reasons why it cannot be applied unto any one under the Second Temple. For saith he, during that space, no one reigned as King of the house of David, nor did Judah and Israel dwell then in safety and security, they being continually oppressed, first by the Persians, then by the Graecians, and lastly, by the Romans. So He and truly; and I see no Reason, why one should pervert the Promises concerning the Messiah, when they cannot tolerably accommodate them unto any other.
§ 44 Jerem. 23. v. 5. And I will raise unto David a Righteous Branch. Targum: 〈non-Latin alphabet〉; and I will raise up unto David Messiah the Righteous. This is he who in the next Verse is called 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Jehovah our Righteousness. The Jews generally agree that it is the Messiah who is here intended; and whereas a late Christian Expositor would have Zerubbabel to be designed in these words, Abarbinel himself, gives many reasons why it cannot be applyed unto any one under the Second Temple. For saith he, during that space, no one reigned as King of the house of David, nor did Judah and Israel dwell then in safety and security, they being continually oppressed, first by the Persians, then by the Graecians, and lastly, by the Romans. So He and truly; and I see no Reason, why one should pervert the Promises concerning the Messiah, when they cannot tolerably accommodate them unto any other.
For the Preservation of the name of this Righteous Branch, [Greek or Hebrew], Jehovah our Righteousness; we may bless God for the Original; For the Old Translations are either mistaken, or corrupt, or perverted in this place. The Vulgar Latin is the best of them which reads, Dominus justus noster; our Righteous Lord; which yet corrupts the sense; and gives us an expression, that may be assigned unto any Righteous King.