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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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§ 46 We have yet another signal Testimony unto the same purpose. Isa. 53. as the outward manner of the sufferings of the Messiah, with their actings who were instrumental therein, is principally considered in Psalm 22. so the inward nature, end and effect of them, are declared in this Prophecy. There are also sundry passages, relating unto the Covenant between the Lord Christ and his Father, for the carrying on of the work of Redemption by this way of suffering, which the ancient Jews not understanding his Personal subsistence before his Incarnation, referred unto his soul, which they imagine to have been created at the beginning of the world. Now is there any Prophecy that fills the present Rabbins with more perplexities, or drives them to more absurdities and contradictions. It is not our present business to explicate the particular passages of the Prophecy, or to make Application of them unto the Messiah. It hath been done already by sundry learned men, and we also have cast our mite into this Sanctuary on another occasion. That which we insist on, is obvious to all; namely, that dreadful sufferings in Soul and Body, and that from the Will and good pleasure of God, for ends expressed in it, are here foretold and declared. Our enquiry is alone, after the Person spoken of; for whoever he be, the Jews will not deny, but that he was to suffer all sorts of calamities. That it is the Messiah and none other, we have not only the Evidence of the Text and Context, and nature of the subject matter treated of, with the utter impossibility of applying the thing spoken of unto any person, without the overthrow of the whole faith of the Ancient Church, but also all the advantage from the confession of the Jews that can be expected or need to be desired from Adversaries. For,
§ 46 We have yet another signal Testimony unto the same purpose. Isa. 53. as the outward manner of the sufferings of the Messiah, with their actings who were instrumental therein, is principally considered in Psalm 22. so the inward nature, end and effect of them, are declared in this Prophecy. There are also sundry passages, relating unto the Covenant between the Lord Christ and his Father, for the carrying on of the work of Redemption by this way of suffering, which the antient Jews not understanding his Personal subsistence before his Incarnation, referred unto his soul, which they imagine to have been created at the beginning of the world. Now is there any Prophecy that fills the present Rabbins with more perplexities, or drives them to more absurdities and contradictions. It is not our present business to explicate the particular passages of the Prophecy, or to make Application of them unto the Messiah. It hath been done already by sundry learned men, and we also have cast our mite into this Sanctuary on another occasion. That which we insist on, is obvious to all; namely, that dreadfull sufferings in Soul and Body, and that from the Will and good pleasure of God, for ends expressed in it, are here foretold and declared. Our enquiry is alone, after the Person spoken of; for whoever he be, the Jews will not deny, but that he was to suffer all sorts of calamities. That it is the Messiah and none other, we have not only the Evidence of the Text and Context, and nature of the subject matter treated of, with the utter impossibility of applying the thing spoken of unto any person, without the overthrow of the whole faith of the Antient Church, but also all the advantage from the confession of the Jews that can be expected or need to be desired from Adversaries. For,