A53696:954
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.
§ 54 We may yet add some other Testimonies to the same purpose. Daniel tells us, cap. 9. v. 25. [Greek or Hebrew], Messiah shall be cut off, that is, from the Land of the Living, and that not for himself. And Zech. 9.9. It is said, he shall be [Greek or Hebrew] poor; and in his best condition, riding on an Ass; which place is interpreted by Solomon, Jarchi, and others, of the Messiah. He was also to be pierced, chap. 12.10. Being the Shepherd, chap. 13.7. The [Greek or Hebrew] the King as the Targum, that was to be smitten with the sword of the Lord. The Judge of Israel that was to be smitten with the Rod on the cheek, Mich. 4.1. All denoting his persecution and suffering.
§ 54 We may yet add some other Testimonies to the same purpose. Dan•el tells us, cap. 9. v. 25. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, Messiah shall be cut off, that is, from the Land of the Living, and that not for himself. And Zech. 9.9. It is said, he shall be 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 poor; and in his best condition, riding on an Ass; which place is interpreted by Solomon, Jarchi, and others, of the Messiah. He was also to be pierced, chap. 12.10. Being the Shepherd, chap. 13.7. The 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 the King as the Targum, that was to be smitten with the sword of the Lord. The Judge of Israel that was to be smitten with the Rod on the cheek, Mich. 4.1. All denoting his persecution and suffering.
§ 55 Agreeable unto these Testimonies the Jews themselves have a Tradition about the sufferings of the Messiah, which sometimes breaks forth amongst them. In Midrash Tehillim, on