AN

EXPOSITION

OF THE

EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWS;

WITH THE

PRELIMINARY EXERCITATIONS

BY JOHN OWEN, D. D.

REVISED AND ABRIDGED;

WITH

A FULL AND INTERESTING LIFE OF THE AUTHOR, A COPIOUS
INDEX, &c.

BY EDWARD WILLIAMS,

Search the Scriptures....................JOHN ▼, 39.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

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THE EDITOR'S PREFACE

Memoirs of Dr. Owen

CONTENTS.

EXERCITATIONS.

PART I.

Concerning the Epistle to the Hebrews.

EXER. 1. The Epistle to the Hebrews proved to be strictly ca-

nonical

EXER. 2. St. Paul the Author of the Epistle to the Hebrews

EXER. 3. Of the time when, and Language in which the Epistle

to the Hebrews was written

EXER. 4. Of the Oneness of the Church

EXER. 5. Of the Jewish writings

PART II.

Concerning the Messiah.

EXER. 1. Messiah, the Deliverer from Evil, promised of old

EXER. 2. Appearances of the Son of God under the Old Testa-

ment

EXER. 3. The Faith of the Jews concerning the Messiah

EXER. 4. The promised Messiah is long since come

EXER. 5. Daniel's Prophecy explained and vindicated

EXER. 6. The Evasions of the modern Jews answered

EXER. 7. Jesus of Nazareth the only true and promised Messiah

EXER. 8. The Jews' Objections against the Christian Religion

answered

PART III.

Concerning the Priesthood of Christ.

EXER. 1. Of the Origin of Christ's Priesthood'

EXER. 2. The Necessity of the Priesthood of Christ

EXER. 3. Of the Kingdom or Lordship of Christ

Appendix