A53696:623
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.
Secondly, The place of their meeting; which usually and ordinarily was at Jerusalem, § 15 [Greek or Hebrew], in a Chamber of hewed stones, where the Judges are sometimes called by them [Greek or Hebrew], The Wise men of the stone Chamber. Although it may be, no more is ⟨p. 148⟩intended in that expression but that it was a Magnific Stately Place, or building, such as usually are made of stones hewed and carved. And they tell us that this place was built nigh the Temple, part of it being on the Holy Ground, and part on that which was profane and common. Whence also it had two doors, one on the sacred side, by which the Prince and the Assessors entered, the other on the profane, by which criminal persons were brought in before them by their Officers. So Talmud in Joma. And this some take to be the place where our Lord Christ was judged, John 19.13. They sate down in the Judgement Seat in the place that is called [Greek or Hebrew]; that is [Greek or Hebrew], the place built and raised up with hewed or squared stones. For that [Greek or Hebrew] doth not signify merely the pavement, as we translate it, or the floor of the place, the Apostle manifests by adding that in the Hebrew it is called Ga•batha, [Greek or Hebrew], in the Hebrew; for although the word have a Syriac termination according to the corrupt pronunciation of the Hebrew in those days among the people, yet the Original of it is Hebrew; and the Syriac renders it here, [Greek or Hebrew], and reads not [Greek or Hebrew], now this signifies an High-Place, or a place built up on all sides and exalted, such as the Roman [Greek or Hebrew], or Judgement Seats were placed in. But this might be an alike place to the other; for I much question whether the Roman Governor sate in Judgement in the meeting place of the Sanhedrin.
Secondly, The place of their meeting; which usually and ordinarily was at Jerusalem, § 15 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, in a Chamber of hewed stones, where the Judges are sometimes called by them 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, The Wise men of the stone Chamber. Although it may be, no more is ⟨p. 148⟩