A53696:583
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.
Upon the matter they know no misery but what consists in Poverty, Captivity and want of Rule and Dominion. And what should a spiritual Redeemer do unto these men? What beauty or comeliness can he have in him, for which of them he should be desired? What Reason can they see, why they should understand the Promises concerning him in such a way and sense, as that they should not be concerned in them? And this blindness had in a great measure possessed their minds at the first promulgation of the Gospel. See John 8. v. 33, 34. Chap. 9. v. 40, 41. And therefore our Apostle in his Epistle unto the Romans, wherein he deals both with Jews and Gentiles, before he declares the Propitiation that was made, with the Justification that was to be obtained by the blood of Christ, convinceth them all of their miserable lost condition, on the account of sin, Original and Actual, Chap. 1, 2, 3. Until therefore this Pride, self-fullness, and Ignorance of themselves be taken from them, and rooted out of their hearts, all Promises of a spiritual Redeemer must needs be unsavoury unto them. They stand in no need of him, and why should they desire him. An Earthly King that would give them Liberty, Wealth, Ease and Dominion, they would gladly embrace, and have long in vain looked for.
Upon the matter they know no misery but what consists in Poverty, Captivity and want of Rule and Dominion. And what should a spiritual Redeemer do unto these men? What beauty or comeliness can he have in him, for which of them he should be desired? What Reason can they see, why they should understand the Promises concerning him in such a way and sense, as that they should not be concerned in them? And this blindness had in a great measure possessed their minds at the first promulgation of the Gospel. See John 8. v. 33, 34. Chap. 9. v. 40, 41. And therefore our Apostle in his Epistle unto the Romans, wherein he deals both with Jews and Gentiles, before he declares the Propitiation that was made, with the Justification that was to be obtained by the blood of Christ, convinceth them all of their miserable lost condition, on the account of sin, Original and Actual, Chap. 1, 2, 3. Untill therefore this Pride, self-fulness, and Ignorance of themselves be taken from them, and rooted out of their hearts, all Promises of a spiritual Redeemer must needs be unsavoury unto them. They stand in no need of him, and why should they desire him. An Earthly King that would give them Liberty, Wealth, Ease and Dominion, they would gladly embrace, and have long in vain looked for.