HEB. 1:1. GOD, WHO AT SUNDRY TIMES AND IN DIVERS MANNERS SPAKE IN TIME PAST UNTO THE FATHERS BY THE PROPHETS…. [A]nd now in these last days hath sent his Son into the world, to be his great prophet, to teach divinity; Heb. 1 at the beginning. In his _History of Redemption_ Edwards has ten divisio... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 1:2. HATH IN THESE LAST DAYS SPOKEN UNTO US BY (HIS) SON, WHOM HE HATH APPOINTED HEIR OF ALL THINGS, BY WHOM ALSO HE MADE THE WORLDS; It was one of Edwards' major arguments (in his _Humble Attempt_), for world prayer for the advancement of Christ's kingdom that He was prophesied here and else... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB 1:3 Heb. 1:3 . WHO BEING THE BRIGHTNESS OF (HIS) GLORY, AND THE EXPRESS IMAGE OF HIS PERSON, AND UPHOLDING ALL THINGS BY THE WORD OF HIS POWER, WHEN HE HAD BY HIMSELF PURGED OUR SINS, SAT DOWN ON THE RIGHT HAND OF THE MAJESTY ON HIGH; The _Blank Bible_ offers this comment: "[_ who being the b... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 1:4. BEING MADE SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE ANGELS, AS HE HATH BY INHERITANCE OBTAINED A MORE EXCELLENT NAME THAN THEY. We have found no direct comment on this verse. However, Edwards wrote extensively elsewhere about angels and there are many references to them later in this epistle (cf. especial... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 1:5. FOR UNTO WHICH OF THE ANGELS SAID HE AT ANY TIME, THOU ART MY SON, THIS DAY HAVE I BEGOTTEN THEE? AND AGAIN, I WILL BE TO HIM A FATHER AND HE SHALL BE TO ME A SON? The sermon-lecture on this text is entitled, "Christ is a person of transcendent worthiness in the sight of God." Edwards dis... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB 1:6-8 AND AGAIN, WHEN HE BRINGETH IN THE FIRST BEGOTTEN INTO THE WORLD, HE SAITH, AND LET ALL THE ANGELS OF GOD WORSHIP HIM. AND OF THE ANGELS HE SAITH, WHO MAKETH HIS ANGELS SPIRITS, AND HIS MINISTERS A FLAME OF FIRE. BUT UNTO THE SON [HE SAITH], THY THRONE, O GOD, [IS] FOR EVER AND EVER: A SC... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 1:9. THOU HAST LOVED RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND HATED INIQUITY; THEREFORE GOD, [EVEN] THY GOD, HATH ANOINTED THEE WITH THE OIL OF GLADNESS ABOVE THY FELLOWS. The Blank Bible on 1:9: [_ Thou hast loved Righteousness…_] This refers to that unparalleled instance of the love of moral Rectitude which Chri... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 1:10-14. AND, THOU, LORD, IN THE BEGINNING HAST LAID THE FOUNDATION OF THE EARTH; AND THE HEAVENS ARE THE WORKS OF THINE HANDS. THEY SHALL PERISH, BUT THOU REMAINEST: AND THEY ALL SHALL WAX OLD AS DOTH A GARMENT; AND AS A VESTURE SHALT THOU FOLD THEM UP, AND THEY SHALL BE CHANGED: BUT THOU ART... [ Continue Reading ]