HEB. 10:1. FOR THE LAW HAVING A SHADOW OF GOOD THINGS TO COME, (AND)
NOT THE VERY IMAGE OF THE THINGS, CAN NEVER WITH THOSE SACRIFICES,
WHICH THEY OFFERED YEAR BY YEAR CONTINUALLY, MAKE THE COMERS THEREUNTO
PERFECT.
In the following comment we find the author of _Images and Shadows of
Divine Thing... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 10:2-4. FOR THEN WOULD THEY NOT HAVE CEASED TO BE OFFERED?
BECAUSE THAT THE WORSHIPPERS ONCE PURGED SHOULD HAVE HAD NO MORE
CONSCIENCE OF SINS. BUT IN THOSE (SACRIFICES THERE) A REMEMBRANCE
AGAIN (MADE) OF SINS EVERY YEAR. FOR (IT IS) NOT POSSIBLE THAT THE
BLOOD OF BULLS AND OF GOATS SHOULD TA... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 10:5. WHEREFORE, WHEN HE COMETH INTO THE WORLD, HE SAITH,
SACRIFICE AND OFFERING THOU WOULDEST NOT, BUT A BODY HAST THOU
PREPARED ME;
_ Blank Bible: _ "[Body hast thou prepared me] see Bp. Kidder's Dem.
Part 2.89-92 and Owen in Loc. p. 28.p.b.c.d.e."
One may wonder how this text has anything... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 10:6. IN BURNT OFFERINGS AND (SACRIFICES) FOR SIN THOU HAST HAD
NO PLEASURE.
_ [T]hat ceremonial law _ which the Levitical priesthood fulfilled in
offering up the sacrifices of beasts, and _that will _ or _law of God
_ which X fulfill'd in offering up his human nature to God which was
the thin... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 10:7. THEN SAID I, LO, I COME (IN THE VOLUME OF THE BOOK IT IS
WRITTEN OF ME) TO DO THY WILL, O GOD.
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"The meaning of this and how these words with those in the two
preceding verses prove that we are saved by the positive Righteousness
of Christ as well as by his atonement. s... [ Continue Reading ]
Heb. 10:8-18. Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt
offering and (offering) for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst
pleasure (therein); which are offered by the law; Then said he, Lo, I
come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may
establish the second. By the whi... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 10:19. HAVING THEREFORE, BRETHREN, BOLDNESS TO ENTER INTO THE
HOLIEST BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS,
Edwards connects this with Hebrews 10:22 and notes in "Concerning
Faith":
3. Prayer is often plainly spoken of as the expression of faith. As
it very certainly is in Romans 10:11-14, "For the Scriptu... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 10:20-21. BY A NEW AND LIVING WAY, WHICH HE HATH CONSECRATED FOR
US, THROUGH THE VAIL, THAT IS TO SAY, HIS FLESH; AND (HAVING) A HIGH
PRIEST OVER THE HOUSE OF GOD;
Heb. 10:22... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 10:22. LET US DRAW NEAR WITH A TRUE HEART IN FULL ASSURANCE OF
FAITH, HAVING OUR HEARTS SPRINKLED FROM AN EVIL CONSCIENCE, AND OUR
BODIES WASHED WITH PURE WATER.
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[our Bodies washed with pure water] See Owen in Loc. p. 65.c.d.e
"referring to the custom of washing their bodies... [ Continue Reading ]
HEBREWS 10:23. LET US HOLD FAST THE PROFESSION OF (OUR) FAITH WITHOUT
WAVERING; FOR HE (IS) FAITHFUL THAT PROMISED;
This text contributes to Edwards' understanding of justifying faith as
"nothing else, but true virtue" in his "Concerning Faith":
Saving faith is called in Heb. 3:6,. "The confidenc... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 10:24-25. AND LET US CONSIDER ONE ANOTHER TO PROVOKE UNTO LOVE
AND TO GOOD WORKS; NOT FORSAKING THE ASSEMBLING OF OURSELVES TOGETHER,
AS THE MANNER SOME (IS); BUT EXHORTING (ONE ANOTHER; AND SO THE MUCH
MORE, AS YE SEE THE DAY APPROACHING.
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HEB. 10:26. FOR IF WE SIN WILLFULLY AFTER THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED THE
KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH, THERE REMAINETH NO MORE SACRIFICE OF SINS,
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_ sin willfully, etc._] By sinning after coming to the knowledge of
the truth the apostle means apostatizing from Christianity after we
are come... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 10:27. BUT A CERTAIN FEARFUL LOOKING FOR OF JUDGMENT AND FIERY
INDIGNATION, WHICH SHALL DEVOUR THE ADVERSARIES.
In the "Perseverance of the Saints" Edwards deals with this verse
commonly adduced as opposed to that doctrine:
§ 32. As to the objections from such hypothetical propositions as
th... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 10:28-29 HE THAT DESPISED MOSES' LAW DIED WITHOUT MERCY UNDER
TWO OR THREE WITNESSES; OF HOW MUCH SORER PUNISHMENT, SUPPOSE YE,
SHALL HE BE THOUGHT WORTHY, WHO HATH TRODDEN UNDER FOOT THE SON OF
GOD, AND HATH COUNTED THE BLOOD OF THE COVENANT, WHEREWITH HE WAS
SANCTIFIED, AN UNHOLY THING, AND... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 10:30-31. FOR WE KNOW HIM THAT HATH SAID, VENGEANCE (BELONGETH)
UNTO ME, I WILL RECOMPENSE, SAITH THE LORD. AND AGAIN. THE LORD SHALL
JUDGE HIS PEOPLE. (IT IS) A FEARFUL THING TO FALL INTO THE HANDS OF
THE LIVING GOD.
In the awesome published sermon, "Men Naturally God's Enemies" Edwards
prov... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 10:32. BUT CALL TO REMEMBRANCE THE FORMER DAYS, IN WHICH, AFTER
YE WERE ILLUMINATED, YE ENDURED A GREAT FIGHT OF AFFLICTIONS;
Edwards in "The Manner of Seeking Salvation" sees Hebrews 10:32 as a
reference to men's struggles even after receiving "some saving
comfort."
It is with them as it wa... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 10:33-34. PARTLY, WHILST YE WERE MADE A GAZINGSTOCK BOTH BY
REPROACHES AND AFFLICTIONS; AND PARTLY, WHILST YE BECAME COMPANIONS OF
THEM THAT WERE SO USED. FOR YE HAD COMPASSION OF ME IN MY BONDS, AND
TOOK JOYFULLY THE SPOILING OF YOUR GOOD, KNOWING IN YOURSELVES THAT YE
HAVE IN HEAVEN A BETTER... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 10:35. CAST NOT AWAY THEREFORE YOUR CONFIDENCE, WHICH HATH GREAT
RECOMPENSE OF REWARD.
This with other texts of Scripture shows, according to "The
Perseverance of the Saints," that "continuance in faith is necessary
to continuance in justification…."
§ 7. It seems to be because continuance in... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 10:36-37. FOR YE HAVE NEED OF PATIENCE, THAT, AFTER YE HAVE DONE
THE WILL OF GOD, YE MIGHT RECEIVE THE PROMISE. FOR YET A LITTLE WHILE,
AND HE THAT SHALL COME WILL COME, AND WILL NOT TARRY.
"Observations upon Passages of Scripture":
Hebrews 10:37. - "For yet a little while, and he that shall... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 10:38-39. NOW THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH: BUT IF (ANY MAN)
DRAW BACK, MY SOUL SHALL HAVE NO PLEASURE IN HIM. BUT WE ARE NOT OF
THEM WHO DRAW BACK UNTO PERDITION; BUT OF THEM THAT BELIEVE TO THE
SAVING OF THE SOUL.
The inseparability of faith and perseverance is not only maintained in
"The P... [ Continue Reading ]