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A review of the annotations of Hugo Grotius, in reference unto the doctrine of…
A review of the annotations of Hugo Grotius, in reference unto the doctrine of the deity, and satisfaction of Christ. With a defence of the charge formerly laid against them. / By John Owen D.D.A review of the annotations of Hugo Grotius, in reference unto the doctrine of the deity, and satisfaction of Christ. With a defence of the charge formerly laid against them. / By Iohn Ovven D.D.
Oxford: printed by H. Hall. printer to the University for Thom. Robinson, 1656
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A REVIEW OF THE ANNOTATIONS OF HUGO GROTIUS, In Reference unto the Doctrine of the Deity, and Satisfaction of CHRIST. WITH A Defence of the Charge formerly laid against them.
A REVIEW OF THE ANNOTATIONS OF HƲGO GROTIƲS, In Reference unto the Doctrine of the Deity, and Satisfaction of CHRIST. WITH A Defence of the Charge formerly laid against them.
By JOHN OWEN D. D.
By IOHN OVVEN D. D.
OXFORD, Printed by H. HALL, Printer to the UNIVERSITY, for THOM. ROBINSON. 1656.
A second Consideration of the Annotations of Hugo Grotius.
Having in my late defence of the doctrine of the Gospel, from the corruptions of the Socinians, been occasioned to vindicate the Testimonies given in the Scripture to the Deity of Christ, from their exceptions, and finding that Hugo Grotius in his Annotations had (for the most part) done the same things with them, as to that particular, and some other important Articles of the Christian faith, that book of his being more frequent in the hands of Students, then those of the Socinians, I thought it incumbent on me, to do the same work in reference to those Annotations, which it was my design to perform towards the writings of Socinus, Smalcius, and their companions and followers. What I have been enabled to accomplish by that endeavour, with what service to the Gospel hath been performed thereby, is left to the judgment of them who desire [Greek or Hebrew]. Of my dealing with Grotius I gave a brief account in my Epistle to the Governors of the University, and that with reference to an Apology made for him, not long before. This hath obtained a new Apology under the name of a second defence of Hugo Grotius; with what little advantage either to the repute of Grotius, as to the thing in Question, or of the Apologist himself, it is judged necessary to give the ensuing account: for which I took the first leisure hour I could obtain, having things of greater weight, daily incumbent on me. The only thing of importance by me charged on those Annotations of Grotius, was this; that the Texts of Scripture both in the Old Testament and New, bearing witness to the Deity, and Satisfaction of Christ, are in them wrested to other senses and significations, and the Testimonies given to those grand truths, thereby eluded. Of those of the first kind I excepted one, yet with some doubt, least his expressions therein, ought to be interpreted according to the Analogy of what he had elsewhere delivered: of which afterwards.