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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 Again, The State and condition of this people for the space of above sixteen hundred and thirty years, gives evidence to the truth contended for. The whole time of the continuance of their Church, State and Worship, from the giving of the Law on Mount Sinai, to the final destruction of the City and Temple by Titus, was not above sixteen hundred and thirty years, or sixteen hundred and forty upon the longest account, allowing all their former Captivities and intermissions of Government into the reckoning. They have then continued in a state of dispersion and rejection from God as long as ever they were accepted for his Church and people, what their condition hath been in the world for these sixteen Ages is known unto all, and what may be thence concluded, we shall distinctly consider.
§ 4 When God took the Jews to be his people, he did it by a special and solemn Covenant. In this Covenant he gave them promises, which were all made good unto them unto the utmost date, and expiration of it in the coming of the Messiah. And they principally respected these three heads. First, That they should possess the Land of Canaan, and there enjoy that Worship which he had prescribed unto them. See Exod. 6.4. Chap. 34.10, 11. Levit. 26.8, 9. Deut. 18.18. Chap. 29.13. Psalm 105.10, 11. Secondly, That he would defend them from their Adversaries, or if at any time he gave them up to be punished and chastised for their sins: Yet upon their repentance and supplications made unto him, he would deliver them from their Oppressors. Deut. 30.1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Nehem. 1.9. Deut. 32.35, 36, 37