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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.
§ 12 Thirdly, This man in appearance, this Angel in Office was in Name and Nature God over all blessed for ever. For in the first place, Jacob prays solemnly unto him for his blessing, Gen. 32.26. and refuseth to let him go, or to cease his supplications until he had blessed him. 2. He doth so, he blesseth him, and giveth him a double pledge or token of it in the touch of his thigh, and change of his name; giving him a name to denote his prevalency with God, that is with himself. 3. From hence Jacob concludes that he had seen God; and calls the name of the place, the Face of God In the second place, Gen. 48.16. Besides that he invocates this Angel for his Presence with, and blessing on the children of Joseph, which cannot regard any but God himself without gross Idolatry, it is evident that the Angel who redeemed him, v. 16. is the same with the God who fed him, that is the God of his Fathers.
§ 12 Thirdly, This man in appearance, this Angel in Office was in Name and Nature God over all blessed for ever. For in the first place, Jacob prayes solemnly unto him for his blessing, Gen. 32.26. and refuseth to let him go, or to cease his supplications untill he had blessed him. 2. He doth so, he blesseth him, and giveth him a double pledge or token of it in the touch of his thigh, and change of his name; giving him a name to denote his prevalency with God, that is with himself. 3. From hence Jacob concludes that he had seen God; and calls the name of the place, the Face of God In the second place, Gen. 48.16. Besides that he invocates this Angel for his Presence with, and blessing on the children of Joseph, which cannot regard any but God himself without gross Idolatry, it is evident that the Angel who redeemed him, v. 16. is the same with the God who fed him, that is the God of his Fathers.
And this is yet more evident in the Prophet. For with regard unto this story of his power over the Angel, he says, he had power with God; and proves it, because he had power over the Angel and prevailed. And he shows whereby he thus prevailed, it was by weeping and making supplications unto him, which he neither did, nor lawfully might do unto a created Angel; and therefore some of the Jews apply those words, he wept and made supplications unto the Angels desire to Jacob to let him go; foolishly enough; and yet are they therein followed by some late Critics, who too often please themselves in their curiosities. Again this Angel was he whom he found, or who found him in Bethel, an account whereof we have