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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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He that is least in the Kingdom of God, being greater in this light and knowledge, then John Baptist himself, who yet was not behind any of the Prophets that went before him. This I say, is that which the promised Prophet was to do; and moreover, to add the Institutions of his own immediate Revelations, even as Moses had given them the Law of Ordinances of old. And in this superinstitution of new Ordinances of Worship thereby superseding those instituted by Moses, was he like unto him, as was foretold.
He that is least in the Kingdom of God, being greater in this light and knowledge, then John Baptist himself, who yet was not behind any of the Prophets that went before him. This I say, is that which the promised Prophet was to do; and moreover, to add the Institutions of his own immediate Revelations, even as Moses had given them the Law of Ordinances of old. And in this superinstitution of new Ordinances of Worship thereby superceding those instituted by Moses, was he like unto him, as was foretold.
§ 40 Lastly, The Event confirms the Application of this Character unto the Lord Jesus. Whoever should not receive the word of this Prophet, God threatens to require it of him, that is, as themselves confess, to exterminate them from among the number of his people, or to reject them from being so. Now this was done by the body of the Jewish Nation; they received him not, they obeyed not his voice, and what was the end of this their disobedience? they who for their despising, persecuting, killing the former Prophets, were only corrected, chastened, afflicted, and again quickly recovered, out of the worst and greatest of their troubles, upon their rejection of him, and disobedience unto his voice, are cut off, destroyed, exterminated from the place of their solemn Worship, and utterly rejected from being the people of God. Whatever may be conceived to be contained in the commination against those who disobey ⟨p. 227⟩the voice of that Prophet promised, is all of it to the full, and in its whole extent, come upon the Jews, upon and for their disobedience unto the Doctrine of Jesus of Nazareth; which added unto the foregoing considerations, undeniably prove him to have been that Prophet.