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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.
As if he should say in his promises, I am resolved out of mine infinite ⟨p. 204⟩Goodness and Compassion towards you, O ye poor miserable Sons of Adam, to send you a Saviour and a Deliverer, who at such a time shall come and declare unto you the way of life eternal, shall open the door of Heaven, and save you from the wrath that you have deserved, but I will do it on this condition, that the Jews an obstinate and rebellious people, be good, holy, righteous and penitent; for unless they be so, the Saviour shall not come, nor is it possible he should, until they be so, This of themselves they will never be, nor do I intend to make them so. If they can persuade us, that God hath thus placed them in his Throne, and given his Grace and truth into their hands to make effectual, or frustrate at their pleasure, and suspended his good will towards the residue of mankind on their obedience, whom he testifieth to have been always stubborn and disobedient, they may also hope to prevail with us to believe, that they only are men, and all other beasts, as some of their Talmudical Masters have affirmed. At present we find it by blessed experience, that their wickedness hath not made the Truth of God of no effect.
As if he should say in his promises, I am resolved out of mine infinite ⟨p. 204⟩Goodness and Compassion towards you, O ye poor miserable Sons of Adam, to send you a Saviour and a Deliverer, who at such a time shall come and declare unto you the way of life eternal, shall open the door of Heaven, and save you from the wrath that you have deserved, but I will do it on this condition, that the Jews an obstinate and rebellious people, be good, holy, righteous and penitent; for unless they be so, the Saviour shall not come, nor is it possible he should, untill they be so, This of themselves they will never be, nor do I intend to make them so. If they can perswade us, that God hath thus placed them in his Throne, and given his Grace and truth into their hands to make effectuall, or frustrate at their pleasure, and suspended his good will towards the residue of mankind on their obedience, whom he testifieth to have been alwayes stubborn and disobedient, they may also hope to prevail with us to believe, that they only are men, and all other beasts, as some of their Talmudical Masters have affirmed. At present we find it by blessed experience, that their wickedness hath not made the Truth of God of no effect.