A53696:917
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 these are all the places besides that of the Prophet under consideration, wherein § 27 the word is used in the Old Testament. So that as its rise, its constant use also will admit of no other signification, but only that of an unspotted Virgin. Besides, the LXX. render it in this place [Greek or Hebrew] a Virgin, and the Targum [Greek or Hebrew] which the other Targums express a Virgin by, Gen. 24.24, 59. Esth. 2.2. chap. 4.4. Ruth 2.23. 1 Sam. 25.42. Neither is any word in the Scripture so constantly and invariably used to express an incorrupted Virgin as this is. [Greek or Hebrew] hath respect only unto Age, and signifies any one married, or unmarried, a Virgin, or one deflowered, so she be young. [Greek or Hebrew] also is used for one corrupted, Deut. 22.23, 24. As also for a Widow, Joel 1.8. So that by this word, a Virgin is precisely signified, or the Hebrews have no word denoting exactly that state and condition. And lastly, the prefixing of [Greek or Hebrew] in this place [Greek or Hebrew] makes the denotation of the word the more signal. It is but twice more so prefixed, Gen. 24. and Exod. 2. In both which places the Jews themselves will not deny but that unspotted Virgins are intended.
And these are all the places besides that of the Prophet under consideration, wherein § 27 the word is used in the Old Testament. So that as its rise, its constant use also will admit of no other signification, but only that of an unspotted Virgin. Besides, the LXX. render it in this place 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 a Virgin, and the Targum 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 which the other Targums express a Virgin by,