A53696:523
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.
§ 10 First, He appeared in the form of a man, [Greek or Hebrew], A man wrestled with him. A man he is called from his shape, and his actions; he wrestled, [Greek or Hebrew] that is, saith R. Menachem in Rashi, [Greek or Hebrew] he dusted; this saith he, is the sense of [Greek or Hebrew], for, [Greek or Hebrew], they stirred up the dust with their feet, as men do in earnest wrestling; or as himself would have it, in allusion to another word, and to signify the closing with their arms to cast one another down, as is the manner of Wrestlers. A great contention is denoted, and an appearance in the form of a man; further manifested by his touching the hollow of Jacob's thigh:
§ 10 First, He appeared in the form of a man, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, A man wrestled with him. A man he is called from his shape, and his actions; he wrestled, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 that is, saith R. Menachem in Rashi, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 he dusted; this saith he, is the sense of 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, for, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, they stirred up the dust with their feet, as men do in earnest wrestling; or as himself would have it, in allusion to another word, and to signifie the closing with their arms to cast one another down, as is the manner of Wrestlers. A great contention is denoted, and an appearance in the form of a man; further manifested by his touching the hollow of Jacob's thigh:
§ 11 Secondly, He is called an Angel by Jacob himself Gen. 48 16. The Angel that delivered me. This was the greatest danger that ever Jacob was in, and this he remembers in his blessing of Josephs children, praying that they may have the presence of this Angel with them, who preserved him all his life, and delivered him from that eminent danger from his Brother Esau. And he calls him, [Greek or Hebrew]; The Angel the Redeemer, which is the name of the promised Messiah, as the Jews grant,