A53696:887
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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§ 17 Another note or sign pointing out the Messiah in Prophecy, was the place where he should be born, which added unto the Time wherein, and the Family whereof, he should be brought forth, evidently designed his person. This place of his Nativity is foretold, Mich. 5. v. 2. [Greek or Hebrew]. And thou Bethlehem Ephrata, is it (or it is) little for thee to be amongst the thousands of Judah; out of thee shall come forth unto me, he that shall be Ruler in Israel, whose goings forth are from of old, from the days of eternity. That of old this Prophecy was understood by the Church of the Jews, to denote the place of the birth of the Messiah; we have an illustrious testimony in the records of the Christian Church, Matth. 2.5, 6. Upon the demand of Herod, where the Messiah should be born, the Chief Priests and Scribes affirm with one consent, that he was to be born at Bethlehem, confirming their judgement by this place of the Prophet. And afterwards when they supposed that our Lord Jesus had been born in Galilee, because he lived there, they made this an Argument against him, because he was not born according to the Scripture in Bethlehem, the Town where David was, Joh. 7.41, 42. And we have the concurrence of their own Testimony in this matter: So the Chaldee Paraphrase renders these words, [Greek or Hebrew] out of thee shall come forth to me the Ruler, [Greek or Hebrew] out of thee shall come forth to me the Messiah, who shall have the dominion; taking it for granted, that he it is whom this place is spoken of. So also K. Solomon expounds the place, [Greek or Hebrew] &c. [Greek or Hebrew] little to be in the thousands of Judah, that is, thou deservest to be so, because of the profanation of Ruth the Moabitess, who was in thee, out of thee shall come forth to me the Messiah, the Son of David; and so he saith, the stone which the builders refused: And though Kimchi seems to deny that the Messiah shall be born in Bethlehem, yet he grants that it is he, who is here prophesied of, ⟨p. 215⟩out of thee shall come forth [Greek or Hebrew] unto me the Messiah, for he shall be of the seed of David, who was of Bethlehem▪ He grants, I say, that it is the Messiah that is here prophesied of, though against Rashi, the Targum and the Text, he would deny that he hould be born in Bethlehem.