A53696:880
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.
And this they did not upon rumours, or Traditions of former days, but in that very Age wherein he lived, and that unto the faces of them, whose great interest it was to except against what they wrote; and who would undoubtedly have so done, had they not been overpowered with the conviction of the truth of it: had they had the least suspicion on the contrary, why did they not in some of their consultations and rage against him and his Doctrine, once object this unto himself, or his followers, that he was not of the family of David, and so could not be the person he pretended himself to be. Besides, the Persons who wrote his Genealogy, sealed their Testimony, not only with their lives, but with their eternal condition; an higher assurance of Truth can no men give.
And this they did not upon rumours, or Traditions of former dayes, but in that very Age wherein he lived, and that unto the faces of them, whose great interest it was to except against what they wrote; and who would undoubtedly have so done, had they not been overpowred with the conviction of the truth of it: had they had the least suspition on the contrary, why did they not in some of their consultations and rage against him and his Doctrine, once object this unto himself, or his followers, that he was not of the family of David, and so could not be the person he pretended himself to be. Besides, the Persons who wrote his Genealogie, sealed their Testimony, not only with their lives, but with their eternal condition; an higher assurance of Truth can no men give.
§ 12 Two things the present Jews except unto this Testimony. First in general, they deny the Authority of our Witnesses, and deny the whole matter that they assert. Secondly, in particular they say, they prove not the matter in question; namely, that Jesus of Nazareth was of the family of David. For the first, they neither have, nor do yield any other reasons but their own wills and unbelief. They neither do, nor will believe what they have written. Record, Testimony, Tradition, or any Circumstance contradicting their witness, they have none; only they will not believe them. Now whether it be meet, that their mere obstinacy and unbelief, wherein, and for which they perish temporally and eternally, should be of any weight with reasonable men, is easy to determine. Besides, I desire to know of the Jews whether they think