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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.
Exercitatio XI.
Messiah promised of Old. Faith of the ancient Church of the Jews concerning him. State of the Jews at his coming. Expectations of it. Exposed to the seducements of Impostors. Faith of their Fore-fathers lost among them. Sadducees expected a Messiah. On what Grounds. Consistency of their Principles. True Messiah rejected by them. General Reason thereof. Story of Barcosba: and Rabbi Akiba. Miracles to be wrought by the Messiah. State of the Jews after the days of Barcosba. Faith of their Fore-fathers utterly renounced. Opinion of Hillel, denying any Messiah to come. Occasion of it. Their Judgement of him. The things concerning the Messiah mysterious. Seeming inconsistencies in the Prophesies and Descriptions of him: Reconciled in the Gospel. That rejected by the Jews. Their imagination of two Messiah's: Messiah Ben Joseph, and Messiah Ben David. Story of Messiah Ben Joseph. Of Annillus; Rise and occasion of the Fable concerning him. Jews acquainted with the Revelation. Their story of the building of Rome. [Greek or Hebrew] what. Death of Ben Joseph. The Fable concerning him disproved. The same with that of the Romanists concerning Anti-christ. Of Messiah Ben David. The faith and expectation of the Jews concerning him. The Opinion of Maimonides. Sum of the Judaical Creed. Ground and Reason of their present Unbelief. Ignorance of their miserable condition by Nature. Ignorance of Acceptable Righteousness. And of the Judgement of God concerning Sin. Also of the Nature and End of the Law. Corrupt Assertions: Envy against the Gentiles. Because of the Privileges claimed by them; And their Oppressions. Judaical Faith concerning the Messiah. The Folly of it. Of the Promises of the Old Testament. Threefold Interpretation of them.
Messiah promised of Old. Faith of the antient Church of the Jews concerning him. State of the Jews at his coming. Expectations of it. Exposed to the seducements of Impostors. Faith of their Fore-fathers lost among them. Sadducees expected a Messiah. On what Grounds. Consistency of their Principles. True Messiah rejected by them. General Reason thereof. Story of Barcosba: and Rabbi Akiba. Miracles to be wrought by the Messiah. State of the Jews after the dayes of Barcosba. Faith of their Fore-fathers utterly renounced. Opinion of Hillel, denying any Messiah to come. Occasion of it. Their Judgement of him. The things concerning the Messiah mysterious. Seeming inconsistencies in the Prophesies and Descriptions of him: Reconciled in the Gospel. That rejected by the Jews. Their imagination of two Messiah's: Messiah Ben Joseph, and Messiah Ben David. Story of Messiah Ben Joseph. Of Annillus; Rise and occasion of the Fable concerning him. Jews acqainted with the Revelation. Their story of the building of Rome. what. Death of Ben Joseph. The Fable concerning him disproved. The same with that of the Romanists concerning Anti-christ. Of Messiah Ben David. The faith and expectation of the Jews concerning him. The Opinion of Maimonides. Summ of the Judaicall Creed. Ground and Reason of their present Ʋnbelief. Ignorance of their miserable condition by Nature. Ignorance of Acceptable Righteousness. And of the Judgement of God concerning Sin. Also of the Nature and End of the Law. Corrupt Assertions: Envy against the Gentiles. Because of the Priviledges claimed by them; And their Oppressions. Judaical Faith concerning the Messiah. The Folly of it. Of the Promises of the Old Testament. Threefold Interpretation of them.