A53696:679
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.
but as there was a secret groaning and tendency in the whole nature of things after his production; So he, when he came, who was alone to be desired by them, was actually received and embraced, as the full accomplishment of their desires. That then, wherein all their blessedness and deliverance were laid up, may be properly called their desire, because containing all things truly desirable, and because like desire fulfilled, it was perfectly satisfactory unto them when enjoyed.
The only difficulty in the interpretation of these words, lies in their unusual construction. § 20 The Verb [Greek or Hebrew], shall come, is of the plural number; venient. [Greek or Hebrew], the desire, whereunto we refer it, of the singular: desiderium omnium gentium venient: Kimchi observing this anomaly, to suit the words unto his own sense, affirms that [Greek or Hebrew] is wanting, which should be prefixed to [Greek or Hebrew], and so be rendered, all Nations shall come with their desire, that is, their desirable things; their Silver and Gold, but there is no need of this Arbitrary supply of the Text; and the sense contended for by him, we have sufficiently disproved. Nor is it unusual in the Hebrew Tongue, where two Substantives are joined in construction, that the Verb agrees in number and person, not with that which directly and immediately it respects, but with that whereby it is regulated.
The only difficulty in the interpretation of these words, lyes in their unusual construction. § 20 The Verb 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, shall come, is of the plural number; venient. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, the desire, whereunto we refer it, of the singular: desiderium omnium gentium venient: Kimchi observing this anomaly, to suit the words unto his own sense, affirms that 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 is wanting, which should be prefixed to 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, and so be rendered, all Nations shall come with their desire, that is, their desirable things; their Silver and Gold, but there is no need of this Arbitrary supply of the Text; and the sense contended for by him, we have sufficiently disproved. Nor is it unusual in the Hebrew Tongue, where two Substantives are joyned in construction, that the Verb agrees in number and person, not with that which directly and immediately it respects, but with that whereby it is regulated.