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Commentaries on the Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Hebrews, Tr. and Ed. by J. Owen
Commentaries on the Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Hebrews Tr and Ed by J Owen Author:Jean Calvin General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1853 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE. No doubt the Epistle next in importance to that to the Romans is this to the Hebrews. The truths explained in it might, indeed, have been deduced from other portions of Scripture ; but it is a vast advantage and a great satisfaction to find them expressly set forth, and . distinctly stated by an inspired Apostle. . - .-."" -V In condescension to our (giiorance, it has pleased God, not only to give us what miglit have been deemed sufficient for our information, but also. Jut. add " line upon line," so that there might be every helpgiven to those who have a desire to know the truth, and every reasonable excuse taken away from such as resolve to oppose it, and to follow the guidance of self-will, and the delusions of their own proud minds and depraved hearts. It might then seem strange to us that defect, insufficiency, and obscurity have been ascribed to the Scriptures, did we not know that these charges have been made by such 'as wish Revelation to be otherwise than it is ; they having imbibed errors and adopted superstitions to which it yields no countenance, but which it condemns in terms so plain, that they must be represented as defective or obscure in order to be evaded. There are especially two parties who find this Epistle in no way favourable to them -- the Papists and the Socinians. The Sole Priesthood of Christ, and his Sole Sufficient Sacrifice, are here so distinctly stated, that the former cannotresist the evidence except by the subtle arts of the most consummate sophistry; and the latter find it a very difficult task to neutralize the strong and clear testimony her...« less