A53696:63
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
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§ 22 Having removed these Objections out of our way, we shall now proceed to demonstrate the Canonical Authority of this Epistle, in the strict and proper sense, at large before declared. Now the sum of what we shall plead in this cause amounts to this, that whereas there are many [Greek or Hebrew] or infallible evidences of any Writings being given by Divine inspiration, and sundry Arguments, whereby Books or Writings ungroundedly pretending to that Original may be disproved, that of the former, there is no one that is not Applicable unto this Epistle; nor is it obnoxious unto any one of the latter sort. Of what nature in general that evidence is, which is given unto the Divine Original of the Scripture by the Characters thereof implanted in it, or other Testimony given unto it, or what is the assurance of mind concerning it which thereupon we are furnished withal, belongs not unto our present enquiry. That which we undertake, is only to manifest that the interest in them of this Epistle, and its immunity from Rational exceptions, is equal unto, and no less conspicuous, than that of any other portion of Holy Writ whatever: So that it stands upon the same basis with the whole, which at present we suppose firm and unmoveable.
§ 22 Having removed these Objections out of our way, we shall now proceed to demonstrate the Canonical Authority of this Epistle, in the strict and proper sense, at large before declared. Now the summ of what we shall plead in this cause amounts to this, that whereas there are many 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 or infallible evidences of any Writings being given by Divine inspiration, and sundry Arguments, whereby Books or Writings ungroundedly pretending to that Original may be disproved, that of the former, there is no one that is not Applicable unto this Epistle; nor is it obnoxious unto any one of the latter sort. Of what nature in general that evidence is, which is given unto the Divine Original of the Scripture by the Characters thereof implanted in it, or other Testimony given unto it, or what is the assurance of mind concerning it which thereupon we are furnished withall, belongs not unto our present enquiry. That which we undertake, is only to manifest that the interest in them of this Epistle, and its immunity from Rational exceptions, is equall unto, and no less conspicuous, than that of any other portion of Holy Writ whatever: So that it stands upon the same basis with the whole, which at present we suppose firm and unmoveable.