A53696:608
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.
It were endless to consider all their several Expositions, and useless, because they are § 5 fully confuted by one another. And what ever seems of importance, in any of their exceptions, will be fully answered in our Exposition and vindication of the Text and Context. Only to give the Reader a specimen of their Sentiments, I shall briefly consider the sense and Exposition of one of them; and he of such reputation that he hath generally obtained the name of [Greek or Hebrew], the Wise. And this is R.A.B. Meir, Aben Ezra. And that we may the better see the perverseness of this man, and therein of his followers, I shall briefly give an account of the Exposition of Rashi his Companion in Annotations on the Pentateuch, in their Rabbinical Bibles. First, By [Greek or Hebrew], Sceptre, he understands Rule and Government; as he doth Scholars in the Law, by [Greek or Hebrew], from ⟨p. 144⟩these words [Greek or Hebrew], from between his feet; expressing as he conceived the posture of Disciples. By Judah, he understands the House of David, the Ruling Family amongst them, the Authority whereof was preserved in the [Greek or Hebrew], or Heads of the Captivity whilst they were in Babel; And on these words, [Greek or Hebrew], waving all the former trivial exceptions, he adds expressly [Greek or Hebrew], Until the Shiloh come, that is Messiah the King, to whom that Kingdoms belongs, as the words are interpreted by Onkelos in his Targum, and in Midrash Agadah, and [Greek or Hebrew], he expounds [Greek or Hebrew], the collection or gathering together of the people so agreeing with the Targum, and the the truth in the most material passages of the Text.
It were endless to consider all their several Expositions, and useless, because they are § 5 fully confuted by one another. And what ever seems of importance, in any of their exceptions, will be fully answered in our Exposition and vindication of the Text and Context. Only to give the Reader a specimen of their Sentiments, I shall briefly consider the sense and Exposition of one of them; and he of such reputation that he hath generally obtained the name of 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, the Wise. And this is R.A.B. Meir, Aben Ezra. And that we may the better see the perversness of this man, and therein of his followers, I shall briefly give an account of the Exposition of Rashi his Companion in Annotations on the Pentateuch, in their Rabbinnical Bibles. First, By 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, Scepter, he understands Rule and Government; as he doth Scholars in the Law, by , from