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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
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§ 3 The foundation of this Argument, namely, that the Messiah was to come within the time limited, prefixed and foretold cannot be shaken, without calling into question, the Truth of all promises and predictions in the Old Testament, and consequently the faithfulness and power of God. T•e great design, whose lines are drawn in the face, and whose substance lies in the bowels of the Old Testament, and which is the Spirit that enlivens the whole Doctrine, and story of it, the bond of union, wherein all the parts of it do centre, without which they would be loose, scattered, and deformed heaps, is the bringing forth of the Messiah, the Saviour of the world. Without an apprehension of this design and faith therein, neither can a letter of it be understood, nor can a rational man discover any important Excellency in it. Him it promiseth; Him it typifieth; Him it teacheth, and prophesieth about: Him it calls all men to desire and expect. When it hath done thus, in several places it expressly limits, foretells, and declares, the time wherein He shall be sent and exhibited. If there be a failure herein, seeing it is done to give evidence to all other things that are spoken concerning him, by which they are to be tried, and to stand or fall, as they receive approbation or discountenance from thence. To what end should any man trouble himself, about that which is cast, as a fancy and empty imagination, by its own verdict? If then the Messiah came not within the time limited, all Expectation from the Scripture of the Old Testament, must come to nought; which these, with whom at present we contend, will not grant.
§ 3 The foundation of this Argument, namely, that the Messiah was to come within the time limited, prefixed and foretold cannot be shaken, without calling into question, the Truth of all promises and pre•ictions in the Old T•stament, and consequently the faithf•ln•ss and power of God. T•e great design, whose lines are drawn in the face, and whose substance lyes in the bowels of the Old Testament, and which is the Spirit that enlivens the whole Doctrine, and story of it, the bond of union, wherein all the parts of it do center, withou• which they would be loose, scattered, and deformed heaps, is the bringing forth of the Messiah, the Saviour of the world. Without an apprehension of this design and faith therein, neither can a letter of it be understood, nor can a rational man discover any important Excellency in it. Him it promiseth; Him it typifieth; Him it teacheth, and prophesieth about: Him it calls all men to desire and expect. When it hath done thus, in several places it expresly limits, foretells, and declares, the time wherein He shall be sent and exhibited. If there be a failure herein, seeing it is done to give evidence to all other things that are spoken concerning him, by which they are to be tryed, and to stand or fall, as they receive approbation or discountenance from thence. To what end should any man trouble himself, about that which is cast, as a fancy and empty imagination, by its own verdict? If then the Messiah came not within the time limited, all Expectation from the Scripture of the Old Testament, must come to nought; which these, with whom at present we contend, will not grant.