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<P><FONT SIZE=+3>Hebrews</FONT>
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<BR>Completed by W<FONT SIZE=-1>ILLIAM</FONT> T<FONT SIZE=-1>ONG</FONT>.</P>
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<P><B>AN</B></P>
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<P><FONT SIZE=+2>EXPOSITION,</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT SIZE=+1>W I T H P R A C T I C A L O B S E R V A T I O N S,</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT SIZE=-1>OF THE EPISTLE TO</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT SIZE=+3><B>T H E H E B R E W S.</B></FONT>
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C<FONT SIZE=-1>ONCERNING</FONT>
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this epistle we must enquire,
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I. Into the divine authority of it; for this has been questioned by
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some, whose distempered eyes could not bear the light of it, or whose
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errors have been confuted by it; such as the Arians, who deny the
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Godhead and self-existence of Christ; and the Socinians, who deny his
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satisfaction; but, after all the attempts of such men to disparage this
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epistle, the divine original of it shines forth with such strong and
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unclouded rays that he who runs may read it is an eminent part of the
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canon of scripture. The divinity of the matter, the sublimity of the
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style, the excellency of the design, the harmony of this with other
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parts of scripture, and its general reception in the church of God in
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all ages--these are the evidences of its divine authority.
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II. As to the divine amanuensis or penman of this epistle, we are not
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so certain; it does not bear the name of any in the front of it, as the
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rest of the epistles do, and there has been some dispute among the
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learned to whom they should ascribe it. Some have assigned it to
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Clemens of Rome; other to Luke; and many to Barnabas, thinking that the
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style and manner of expression is very agreeable to the zealous,
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authoritative, affectionate temper that Barnabas appears to be of, in
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the account we have of him in the acts of the Apostles; and one ancient
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father quotes an expression out of this epistle as the words of
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Barnabas. But it is generally assigned to the apostle Paul; and some
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later copies and translations have put Paul's name in the title. In the
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primitive times it was generally ascribed to him, and the style and
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scope of it very well agree with his spirit, who was a person of a
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clear head and a warm heart, whose main end and endeavour it was to
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exalt Christ. Some think that the apostle Peter refers to this epistle,
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and proves Paul to be the penman of it, by telling the Hebrews, to whom
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he wrote, of Paul's having written to them,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Pe+3:15">2 Pet. iii. 15</A>.
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We read of no other epistle that he ever wrote to them but this. And
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though it has been objected that, since Paul put his name to all his
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other epistles, he would not have omitted it here; yet others have well
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answered that he, being the apostle of the Gentiles, who were odious to
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the Jews, might think fit to conceal his name, lest their prejudices
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against him might hinder them from reading and weighing it as they
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ought to do.
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III. As to the scope and design of this epistle, it is very evident
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that it was clearly to inform the minds, and strongly to confirm the
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judgment, of the Hebrews in the transcendent excellency of the gospel
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above the law, and so to take them off from the ceremonies of the law,
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to which they were so wedded, of which they were so fond, that they
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even doted on them, and those of them who were Christians retained too
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much of the old leaven, and needed to be purged from it. The design of
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this epistle was to persuade and press the believing Hebrews to a
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constant adherence to the Christian faith, and perseverance in it,
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notwithstanding all the sufferings they might meet with in so doing. In
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order to this, the apostle speaks much of the excellency of the author
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of the gospel, the glorious Jesus, whose honour he advances, and whom
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he justly prefers before all others, showing him to be all in all, and
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this in lofty strains of holy rhetoric. It must be acknowledged that
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there are many things in this epistle hard to be understood, but the
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sweetness we shall find therein will make us abundant amends for all
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the pains we take to understand it. And indeed, if we compare all the
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epistles of the New Testament, we shall not find any of them more
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replenished with divine, heavenly matter than this to the Hebrews.</P>
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