likely, being taken notice of, either as an associate of the apostle's, or for preaching the gospel, he was cast into prison. Of this the Hebrews had heard, and were, no doubt, affected with it; therefore, the apostle gives them notice of his being dismissed out of prison, as a matter wherein he knew they would rejoice. The release of Timothy would be good news to them. He doth not seem to have been present with the apostle, at the despatch of this epistle, for he knew not his mind directly, about his going into Judea; only he apprehended that he had a resolution so to do. And herein he acquaints them with his own resolution, to give them a visit; which, that he might do, he had before desired their prayers for him. However, he seems to intimate that if Timothy, whose company he desired in his travels, could not come speedily, he knew not whether his work would permit him to do so. What was the event of this resolution God only knows.
$5. "Salute all them, that have the rule over you, and all the saints." This is given in charge to them to whom the epistle was sent. For though it was written for the use of the whole church, yet the messengers, by whom it was carried, delivered and committed it, according to the apostle's direction, to some of the brethren by whom it was to be presented and communicated to the church. To these brethren he peculiarly gives in charge to salute both their elders, and all the rest of the saints, or members of the church in his name. To "salute" in the name of another is to represent his kindness and affection; which the apostle desires, for the preservation and continuation of entire love between them. Who these rulers were, whom they are enjoined to salute, hath been fully declared, verse 17; and to call the members of the church "saints," was usual with our apostle.
$6. "They of Italy salute you." Those that were with him in Italy; for there were then many Christians, both of Jews and Gentiles. Some of those, no doubt, were continually with the apostle; who knowing his design of sending a letter to the Hebrews, desired to be remembered to them, it being probable, that many of them were their countrymen, and well known to them.
$7. "Grace be with you all, Amen." This was the constant close of all his epistles. This he wrote with his own hand, and would have it esteemed an assured token, whereby an epistle might be known to be his, 2 Thes. iii, 17, 18. He varieth sometimes in his expressions; but this is the substance of all his subscriptions; "Grace be with you all. By "grace" he intends the whole good will of God by Jesus Christ, and all the blessed effects of it; and which he prays may be communicated to them.
§8. The subscription in our books is "written to the Hebrews, from Italy, by Timothy." This is partly untrue; as that it was sent by Timothy; being expressly contrary to what the apostle speaks concerning him immediately before. But these subscriptions have been sufficiently proved, by many, to be spurious; being the additions of some unskilful transcribers in after ages.
Analogy, of faith, its use in inter-
THE nature of an expository work precludes the necessity of
referring in an Index to many things that otherwise would de-
serve a place. The Text itself will often be the easiest refer-
ence; and the Editor presumes, that the method he has adopted
in summing up the contents of each verse or paragraph ex-
pounded, will save the inquisitive reader much time and trouble.
N. B. The first number refers to the volume-the second to
the page.
Abarbinel, opposition of, to the suf-
ferings of the Messiah, i, 124. His
opinion of the anointed being cut
off, 229. His confession concern-
ing the 53d of Isaiah, 276.
Abel, how the sacrifice and faith of,
differed from Cain's, iv, 130.
Ability, natural and moral, iii, 10.
Abraham, separation of, for a double
end, i, 99. The church confined to
his person and posterity, ib. The
father of the faithful, and heir of
the world, 100.
the ten trials of, ii, 374.
receiving the blessing, ob-
servations on, iii, 284.
the call of, containing two
parts, iv, 157. His faith commend.
ed, 158. In what sense his life a
'life of faith, 165. The city he
looked for, what, 168. His seed,
how as the stars innumerable, 178.
How he fulfilled God's command
in offering Isaac, 198. His obe-
dience amplified, 199. The sup-
port of his faith in that trial, 202.
Abridgments, advantage of good, i, 2.
Difficulty of making good ones, 3.
Abridger, the duty of a faithful one,
i, 4. Of this work, his principal
endeavor, what, 6.
Adam, the sin of, its effects, i, 122,
125.
Adulterers, their doom, iv, 410.
Affections, natural, how mortified by
faith, iv, 189. When overpowered,
by faith, an evidence of sincerity,
206.
Agevexnoros, its import, iii, 292.
Agony, of Christ, explained, iii, 45.
Agrippa, not the anointed cut off, i,
Albinus, the state of the church
about the beginning of his govern.
ment, i, 90.
Allegorical expositions, ii, 357.
Altar, the Christian, what, iv, 438.
Ambrose, a remark of, i, 311.
preting scripture, ii, 519.
Ananus, his cruelty to St. James, i, 90.
Angelical motions, how distinguish-
ed from the motions of the Holy
Ghost, ii, 130.
Angels, the aggravation of their
apostasy, i, 130.
our conceptions of, must be
regulated by scripture, ii, 88. Their
chief glory wherein it consists, 123.
The particular ends of their min-
istry, 127.
Anti-christian state, the season of
its continuance, ii, 378.
Antiochus, Epiphanes, what called
by the Jews, i, 106.
Aravyaoua, remarks on, ii, 41.
ATоλт, remarks on, ii, 106.
Apostasy, the special evil of, ii, 409.
From the gospel, is a departure
from the living God, 419. In the
greatest, God has some faithful
ones, 450.
Appearance, of Christ, iii, 642. To
whom, and for what end, 643.
Apinas, Thomas, his reason why the
scripture is called canonical, i, 50.
Archimandrite, who, ii, 383.
Aristotle, his definition of law, 50.
Armillus, some account of, i, 181,184.
Arminianism, opposed by Dr. Owen,
i, 16.
Artaxerxes, Longimanus, the decree
of, referred to by Daniel's prophe-
cy, i, 243.
Aso, Rabbi, compiler of the Baby-
lonish Talmud, i, 111.
Assemblies, why so much forsaken,
iv, 66.
Assistance, special seasons requir
ing, ii, 584.
Assurance, to retain, the utmost dil-
igence necessary, iii, 212.
Attendance, on the word, necessary
to perseverance, ii, 138.
Atonement, the doctrine of, the life
and spirit of religion, iii, 57.
Austin, St. his remark on the sacred
writers, i, 62.
Authority of God, the ground of
faith, ii, 80. The formal reason of
our obedience, 351.
Backslidings, the very appearance of,
to be shunned, ii, 477. Their be-
ginnings hardly discoverable, 557.
A preservative against, 559.
Baptism, not regeneration, iii, 458.
Abuses of, ib.
how represented by Noah's
ark, iv, 151.
Baptisms, doctrine of, what, iii, 124.
Barious, the meaning of, iii, 572.
Barchocheba, a false Messiah, i, 178.
Barlow, Bishop, his friendship to Dr.
Owen, i, 35, a d last conference
with him, ib.
Barrenness, under the gospel, its
danger, iii, 182.
Basil, St. an excellent saying of, ii,
48. Another, 337.
Bates, Dr. his character in brief by
Mr. Hervey, i, 34. Note.
Bechai, Rabbi, his distribution of the
law, i, 104.
Believers, the duty of, to rejoice in
the glory of Jesus Christ, ii, 96.
How related to one another, 287.
On what account the house of
God, 326. What required of them,
as being in the house, 327. Their
happy state under the gospel, 495.
Their privileges not lessened by
the gospel, 535.
Believing, whether the duty of sin-
ners, ii, 450. The mystery of,
consists in mixing the truth and
faith in the mind, 480.
Bembus, Petrus, censured, i, 60.
Ben-Uzziel, his gloss on Jacob's
prophecy, i, 203.
Berith, constantly rendered by diadene,
i, 96. Variously used, 328.
remarks on, iii, 503,614,615.
Bernard, St. a saying of, about un-
derstanding St. Paul's writings, i,
Biblists, who so called, i, 117.
Biddle, John, Socinian catechisms
published by, i, 24.
Blessings, sacerdotal, how authori-
tative, iii, 285, 317. The acts of
superiors, 277. The kinds of, 118.
patriarchal, what, iv, 210.
Grotius's mistake concerning them,
211. Of parents, 210. Of minis-
ters, 211.
Blood of Christ, all of it necessary,
iii, 74. Its purifying efficacy, 597.
A ground of triumph to faith, 602.
shed, all innocent, has a
voice, iv, 134. Of Christ, the on-
ly security from destruction, 244.
Brenius, betrayed the doctrines of
Christianity, i, 140. Note.
Brentius, a remark of, concerning
the scriptures, i, 56.
Buckingham, the Duke of, i, 29.
Buxtorf, his treatise on the Masso-
retic distinctions, i, 107.
Cajetan, scruples of, as to the epistle
to the Hebrews, i, 54.
Call, an ordinary, to the ministry,
wherein it consists, iii, 26.
Canonical, whence the term derived,
i, 49. Marks to distinguish what
books are, 50.
Camero, refuted by Spanhemius, i,72.
Catalogue, a complete, of Dr. Owen's
works, i, 44.
Cerinthus, gave occasion to the writ-
ing of St. John's gospel, i, 66.
Chaiah, Rabbi Jacob, collected the
observations of the Massorites, i,
107.
Charles II, his civility to Dr. Owen,
i, 34.
Charnock, his character in brief by
Mr. Hervey, i, 34. Note.
Chastisement,observations on, iv,312.
Children, the minds of, well-princi-
pled, a blessed thing, iv, 235.
CHRIST, the priesthood of, 297, the
kingdom or lordship of, 358.
superior to Moses, ii, 11.
The only revealer of the Father's
will, 32. The Father perpetually
present with, 74. His regalia, 93.
His enemies, 113. The head of
his people, 187. His inconceivable
love, 200. His exaltation, a
pledge of final glory to believers,
202: How he leads his church
to glory, 214. His judging omni-
sciency, 216, 558. The frame of
his heart after his sufferings, 256.
God and man in one person, 262.
His atonement for sin necessary
for reconciliation, 273. Consid
eration of, the most effectual
means to free men from error, 295,
Worthy of all glory, 313. To be
divinely worshipped, 316.
a priest, and not of the tribe
of Levi, how, iii, 28. A discovery
of, to convinced sinners, 268. No
Savior without an oblation, 446. A
Mediator of a better covenant, 464.
Christians, warned to leave Jerusa-
lem, i, 92, Why unwilling to leave
it, 93.
Xpisoλoy, Dr. Owen's, its character,
i, 32.
Chrysostom, St. a rule of, ii, 40. Say-
ings of, 44, 48.
an observation of, iii, 10.
pertinent remark of, 172.
Church, the same in substance in
every age, i, 102.
its immediate dependence on
Christ, ii, 187.
its building. a great and glo-
rious work, iii, 329. Never loses
any privilege once granted, 562.
more honorable in all its
troubles than any other society, iv,
236.
Churches, the schools of Christ, iii,
96.
City of Jerusalem, not sought by
Abraham, iv, 168. Of God, its
glorious privileges, 400. Believers
have none on earth, in what sense,
410.
Clarkson, his funeral sermon for Dr.
Owen, i, 40.
Clemens, Romanus, not the author
of the epistle to the Hebrews, i,
70, nor translator, 96.
Alexandrinus, a mistake of, i,
70, 75.
Command of God, either vocal or in-
terpretative, ii, 84.
Communion with God, Dr. Owen's
publication called, i, 24.
Compassion, of Christ, iii, 10. Ob.
servations on, 17.
Computation, of Daniel's weeks, i,
231.
Conant, Dr. succeeds Dr. Owen as
Vice Chancellor, i, 24.
Concupiscence, evil, what called by
the Jews, i, 125. Good, what, ac-
cording to the Jews, 127.
Condescension, the great, of God,
illustrated, ii, 192.
Confession of sin, the causes and end
of evangelical, iv, 15. Inseparable
from faith, 255.
Confidence of hope, wherein consists,
ii, 327.
Congregational plan of discipline,
preferred by Dr. Owen, i, 18.
Consecrated things, the use of, how
ceased, iii, 309.
Consequences, deducible from scrip.
ture assertions, ii, 74.
Consolation of believers, how pro-
vided for, iii, 262.
Conviction of sin, the great surprisal
of, iii, 267.
Covenant transactions, between Fa-
ther and Son, i, 327.
the mutual in-being ofits prom-
ises and threatenings, ii, 498.
the new, its stability depends
on the suretiship of Christ, iii, 390.
Between God and man, established
on promises, 467. Nature of the
Mosaic, and now distinguished
from all others, 469. None effect-
ual, but what is confirmed in
Christ, 500. Of grace, its nature
and properties, 503. The founda-
tion of a church state, 633.
token of the, received in infan-
cy, its advantage, iv, 235.
Covetousness, the evil of, iv, 388.
Counsels, the divine, their nature, i,
308.
Creation, the first, subservient to the
glory of Christ, ii, 33. Its depend-
ence on Christ, 53. The stage of
his grace, 55. Deeply concerned
in Christ's incarnation, 83.
perishing state, how to be improv.
ed, 107.
Creatures, how used to the glory of
God, ii, 37.
Cyrill, his excellent observations, iii,
Cyrus, his decree not intended by
Daniel, i, 240.
Daniel, his prophecy explained and
vindicated, i. 217.
Darius, three of that name, i, 241.
Data in theology, what, i, 393.
Death, allowed by the Jews to be
penal, i. 124.
-the fear of, inseparable from
sin, ii. 255. Of Christ, how vic.
torious, 258.
-in what respect penal,iii,617.
a peculiar season, when it is
near, iv, 215.
Decalogue, substance of the,iii,552.
Decrees of God, the most reasona
ble way of considering them,ii,37.
Deliverer, two things necessary to
qualify him, i, 139.
Desire of all nations, a name of the
Messiah, i, 211.
what kind of, should possess
ministers, iii, 209. Whence it
proceeds, ib.
Despondency, how to be avoided,
iv, 335.
Destruction of gospel contemners,
unavoidable, ii, 169.
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