A53696:867
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.
First then, that Jesus came and lived in the time limited unto the coming of the § 4 Messiah, some short space of time before the departure of Sceptre and Scribe from Judah, the ceasing of the daily Sacrifice, and final desolation of, the second Temple, we have all the evidence, that a matter of fact so long passed, is capable of as good, as that the world was of old by God created. The Stories of the Church are express, that he was born during the Empire of Augustus Caesar, in the latter end of the Reign of Herod over Judea, when Cyrenius was Governor over Syria; that he lived unto the time, wherein Pontius Pilate was Governor of Judea under Tiberius, about thirty six or thirty seven years before the destruction of the Nation, City and Temple by Titus. This the stories written by Divine inspiration, and committed unto the care of the Church, expressly affirm; neither have the Jews any thing to object against the truth of the relation, what ever thoughts they have of his Person, who he was, or what he did: That he lived and dyed then, and there, is left testified on Records beyond control. And if they should deny it, what is the bare negation of a few interested, blinded persons, without Testimonies or evidence from any one circumstance of Times, Persons, or Actions to be laid in the balance against the Catholic Tradition of all the world, whether believing in Jesus, or rejecting of him. For they all always consented in this, that he lived, and died at the time mentioned in the sacred stories.
First then, that Jesus came and lived in the time limited unto the coming of the § 4 Messiah, some short space of time before the departure of Scepter and Scribe from Judah, the ceasing of the daily Sacrifice, and final desolation of, the second Temple, we have all the evidence, that a matter of fact so long passed, is capable of as good, as that the world was of old by God created. The Stories of the Church are express, that he was born during the Empire of Augustus Caesar, in the latter end of the Reign of Herod over Judaea, when Cyrenius was Governour over Syria; that he lived unto the time, wherein Pontius Pilate was Governour of Judaea under Tiberius, about thirty six or thirty seven years before the destruction of the Nation, City and Temple by Titus. This the stories written by Divine inspiration, and committed unto the care of the Church, expresly affirm; neither have the Jews any thing to object against the truth of the relation, what ever thoughts they have of his Person, who he was, or what he did: That he lived and dyed then, and there, is left testified on Records beyond controll. And if they should deny it, what is the bare negation of a few interested, blinded persons, without Testimonies or evidence from any one circumstance of Times, Persons, or Actions to be laid in the ballance against the Catholick Tradition of all the world, whether believing in Jesus, or rejecting of him. For they all alwayes consented in this, that he lived, and died at the time mentioned in the sacred stories.