A53696:988
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.
Exercitatio XVIII.
Objections of the Jews against the Doctrine of Christianity. Their principal Argument to prove the Messiah not yet come. General Answer. Principles leading to a right understanding of the Promises concerning the Messiah. Redemption and Salvation promised by him spiritually. Folly and self-contradiction of the Jews, that expect only temporal deliverance by him. Promises of temporal things, accessory and occasional. Thence conditional. The general condition of them all suited to the nature and duration of the Kingdom of the Messiah. Spiritual things promised in words signifying firstly things temporal. Reasons thereof. Of Peace; with God, and in the world. Seed of Abraham, Jacob, Israel, Zion, Jerusalem. Who and what intended thereby. All Nations; the World; the Gentiles in the Promise who. Promises suited unto the duration of the Kingdom of the Messiah. The calling and flourishing state of the Jews thereon. Particular Promises may not be understood, or understood amiss, without prejudice to the faith. Application of these Principles. Promise of universal Peace in the days of the Messiah: Isa. 2.2, 3, 4, 5. considered. Jews Objection from it, answered. Outward Peace how intended. Promises of the diffusion of the knowledge of God. Of Unity in his Worship, Jerem 31.34. Zeph. 3.9. Zech. 14.9. fulfilled. Jews exception; answered. Promises concerning the restoration and glorious estate of Israel. Fulfilled to the spiritual Israel. To the Jews in the appointed season. Their calling, and peace ensuing thereon.
Objections of the Jews against the Doctrine of Christianity. Their principal Argument to prove the Messiah not yet come. General Answer. Principles leading to a right understanding of the Promises concerning the Messiah. Redemption and Salvation promised by him spiritually. Folly and self-contradiction of the Jews, that expect only temporal deliverance by him. Promises of temporal things, accessory and occasional. Thence conditional. The general condition of them all suited to the nature and duration of the Kingdom of the Messiah. Spiritual things promised in words signifying firstly things temporal. Reasons thereof. Of Peace; with God, and in the world. Seed of Abraham, Jacob, Israel, Sion, Jerusalem. Who and what intended thereby. All Nations; the World; the Gentiles in the Promise who. Promises suited unto the duration of the Kingdom of the Messiah. The calling and flourishing state of the Jews thereon. Particular Promises may not be understood, or understood amiss, without prejudice to the faith. Application of these Principles. Promise of universal Peace in the dayes of the Messiah: