A53696:669
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.
§ 14 This Evasion being of no use; something more satisfactory must be enquired after; something wherein the glory of the latter House must excel that of the former. That they may not be utterly silent, the Masters of the present Judaical Infidelity fix upon two things, which they would persuade us this Glory might consist in: First, They say the Structure it self, either as built by Zerubbabel; or at least, as restored by Herod, was Higher, as more capacious then that built by Solomon; and the glory of it was increased by the great riches of the Nations, that were brought into it, in the days of the Hasmoneans, and of Herod, when that was accomplished, which was here foretold, that the riches of the Nation, should come to that House. So Kimchi, I will shake, this is an Allegorical Expression, saith he, of the great glory and good, that God would bring to Israel in the days of the second Temple; and when was this? [Greek or Hebrew]; it was in the days of the Hasmoneans; [Greek or Hebrew]; or in the time of Herod: for which he refers us to the Book of Joseph Ben. Gorion, the Plagiary of the time of Josephus. And this also is repeated by Jarchi and A•arbinel, for the Glory of the House its self. The same man tells us, that his Masters of blessed Memory were divided; some referring it unto the time of the standing of the second House, of which afterwards. Some to its greatness: And for its greatness he informs us. The second House, [Greek or Hebrew], in the Structure of it, was great: as it is written in the words of our Rabbins of blessed memory, and in the Book of Joseph Ben Gorion, namely, that there was no building in the whole world, to be compared with that Structure which Herod built for beauty and excellency.
§ 14 This Evasion being of no use; something more satisfactory must be enquired after; something wherein the glory of the latter House must excell that of the former. That they may not be utterly silent, the Masters of the present Judaical Infidelity fix upon two things, which they would perswade us this Glory might consist in: First, They say the Structure it self, either as built by Zerubbabel; or at least, as restored by Herod, was Higher, as more capacious then that built by Solomon; and the glory of it was encreased by the great riches of the Nations, that were brought into it, in the dayes of the Hasmonaeans, and of Herod, when that was accomplish'd, which was here foretold, that the riches of the Nation, should come to that House. So Kimchi, I will shake, this is an Allegorical Expression, saith he, of the great glory and good, that God would bring to Israel in the dayes of the second Temple; and when was this? ; it was in the dayes of the Hasmonaeans; ; or in the time of Herod: for which he refers us to the Book of Joseph Ben. Gorion, the Plagiary of the time of Josephus. And this also is repeated by Jarchi and Aarbinel, for the Glory of the House its self. The same man tells us, that his Masters of blessed Memory were divided; some referring it unto the time of the standing of the second House, of which afterwards. Some to its greatness: And for its greatness he informs us. The second House, , in the Structure of it, was great: as it is written in the words of our Rabbins of blessed memory, and in the Book of Joseph Ben Gorion, namely, that there was no building in the whole world, to be compared with that Structure which Herod built for beauty and excellency.