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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.
§ 3 The seventy Weeks then mentioned, we must seek for, between the first year of Cyrus, when the first Decree was made for the re-edification of the Temple, and the final destruction of it by the Romans. This space we are confined unto by the Text; the seventy Weeks are [Greek or Hebrew] from the going forth of the word to cause to return and build Jerusalem, vers. 25. Now the Kingdom of Cyrus had a double first year: The one absolutely of his Reign over Persia, the other of his rule over the Babylonish Monarchy which he had conquered after the death of Darius Medus. The first year it is of this second date of the Kingdom of Cyrus, which may have any relation unto the time here limited; for whilst he was King of Persia only, he could have nothing to do with the Jews, nor make any Decree for the building of the Temple, both the people and place being then under the dominion of another. Besides, Ezra 1.11. Where it is said, that he made his Decree in the first year of his Reign, himself plainly declares that he had obtained the Eastern Monarchy by the conquest of Babylon. The Lord God of Heaven hath given me all the Kingdoms of the Earth; which words can in no sense be applied unto the Kingdom of Persia, supposing, the Monarchy of Babylon still to continue. The whole space of time then here limited is seventy Weeks, vers. 24. Th• beginning of these seventy Weeks is the going forth of the Decree or Word to restore or build Jerusalem, v. 25. The first Decree or command that could have any relation unto this matter, was that made by Cyrus in the first year of his Empire. We must then in the first place, find out the direct space of time between the first year of Cyrus, and the destruction of the Temple, and then enquire whether the whole, or what part of it is denoted by these seventy Weeks.
§ 3 The seventy Weeks then mentioned, we must seek for, between the first year of Cyrus, when the first Decree was made for the re-edification of the Temple, and the final destruction of it by the Romans. This space we are confined unto by the Text; the seventy Weeks are 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 from the going forth of the word to cause to return and build Jerusalem, vers. 25. Now the Kingdom of Cyrus had a double first year: The one absolutely of his Reign over Persia, the other of his rule over the Babylonish Monarchy which he had conquered after the death of Darius Medus. The first year it is of this second date of the Kingdom of Cyrus, which may have any relation unto the time here limited; for whilst he was King of Persia only, he could have nothing to do with the Jews, nor make any Decree for the building of the Temple, both the people and place being then under the dominion of another. Besides,