HEB. 2:1. THEREFORE WE OUGHT TO GIVE THE MORE EARNEST HEED TO THE THINGS WHICH WE HAVE HEARD, LEST AT ANY TIME WE SHOULD LET (THEM) SLIP. Here in his _Blank Bible,_ Edwards noted the ever-present danger of professed believers lapsing into apostasy: [_ So therefore we ought to give the more earnest... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 2:2. FOR IF THE WORD SPOKEN BY ANGELS WAS STEADFAST, AND EVERY TRANSGRESSION AND DISOBEDIENCE RECEIVED A JUST RECOMPENSE OF REWARD; This text is really part of the next and as such focuses Edwards' attention on the consequence of not giving earnest heed. Heb. 2:3... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 2:3. HOW SHALL WE ESCAPE, IF WE NEGLECT SO GREAT SALVATION: WHICH AT THE FIRST BEGAN TO BE SPOKEN BY THE LORD, AND WAS CONFIRMED UNTO US BY THEM THAT HEARD (HIM); In his early sermon, _The Justice of God in the Damnation of Sinners, _ Edwards related this text to the infinite guilt of sin: T... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 2:4. GOD ALSO BEARING (THEM) WITNESS, BOTH WITH SIGNS AND WONDERS, AND WITH DIVERSE MIRACLES, AND GIFTS OF THE HOLY GHOST, ACCORDING TO HIS OWN WILL. The exposition of this text shows as nothing else in this Hebrews commentary (with the possible exception of Hebrews 11:1), Edwards as apologis... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 2:5. FOR UNTO THE ANGELS HATH HE NOT PUT IN SUBJECTION THE WORLD TO COME, WHEREOF WE SPEAK. In the following _Blank Bible_ note Edwards sees this verse as indication that Christ himself was the greatest apologetic argument: _ For unto the angels] _ The mentioning in the foregoing verse God's... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 2:6. BUT ONE IN A CERTAIN PLACE TESTIFIED, SAYING, WHAT IS MAN, THAT THOU ARE MINDFUL OF HIM? OR THE SON OF MAN, THAT THOU VISITEST HIM? _ Blank Bible_ 2:6 vid. note on Psa. 8:6 etc. This note is as follows: "5.6.7.8.9._ for thou hast made him a little lower than the angels. _ The Psalmist is... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 2:7. THOU MADEST HIM A LITTLE LOWER THAN THE ANGELS; THOU CROWNEDST HIM WITH GLORY AND HONOUR, AND DIDST SET HIM OVER THE WORKS OF THY HANDS: _ Thou madest him a little lower than the angels_] Mr. Charnock understands it as it is in the margin. See vol. 2 of his works p. 1093. ß?a???t? a litt... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 2:8. THOU HAST PUT ALL THINGS IN SUBJECTION UNDER HIS FEET. FOR IN THAT HE PUT ALL IN SUBJECTION UNDER HIM, HE LEFT NOTHING (THAT IS) NOT PUT UNDER HIM. BUT NOW WE SEE NOT YET ALL THINGS PUT UNDER HIM. _ Blank Bible_ comment: _ [But now we see not yet all things put under Him.] _ In these wo... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 2:9. BUT WE SEE JESUS, WHO WAS MADE A LITTLE LOWER THAN THE ANGELS FOR THE SUFFERING OF DEATH, CROWNED WITH GLORY AND HONOUR; THAT HE BY THE GRACE OF GOD SHOULD TASTE DEATH FOR EVERY MAN. This text, at the beginning of the section, is used to justify the argument in _Freedom of the Will _ tha... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 2:10. FOR IT BECAME HIM, FOR WHOM (ARE) ALL THINGS, AND BY WHOM (ARE) ALL THINGS, IN BRINGING MANY SONS UNTO GLORY, TO MAKE THE CAPTAIN OF THEIR SALVATION PERFECT THROUGH SUFFERINGS. This text points, according to Edwards, to "the End for which God Created the World": And when God is so often... [ Continue Reading ]
Heb. 2:11 HEB. 2:11. FOR BOTH HE THAT SANCTIFIETH AND THEY WHO ARE SANCTIFIED (ARE) ALL OF ONE: FOR WHICH CAUSE HE IS NOT ASHAMED TO CALL THEM BRETHREN…. The _Blank Bible _ gives Edwards' understanding: _ For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one]_ This the apostle... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 2:12. SAYING, I WILL DECLARE THY NAME UNTO MY BRETHREN, IN THE MIDST OF THE CHURCH WILL I SING PRAISE UNTO THEE. Edwards cites this in _Freedom of the Will _ while showing that though wickedness was prophesied and certain it was nonetheless culpable. Apparently he meant Hebrews 2:10 rather th... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 2:13. AND AGAIN, I WILL PUT MY TRUST IN HIM. AND AGAIN, BEHOLD I AND THE CHILDREN WHICH GOD HATH GIVEN ME. The John 14:27 sermon "On the Peace which Christ Gives His True Followers" explains Hebrews 2:13: Men in their wills or testaments most commonly give their estates to their children. So... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 2:14. FORASMUCH THEN AS THE CHILDREN ARE PARTAKERS OF FLESH AND BLOOD, HE ALSO HIMSELF LIKEWISE TOOK PART OF THE SAME; THAT THROUGH DEATH HE MIGHT DESTROY HIM THAT HAD THE POWER OF DEATH, THAT IS, THE DEVIL;... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 2:15. AND DELIVER THEM, WHO THROUGH FEAR OF DEATH WERE ALL THEIR LIFETIME SUBJECT TO BONDAGE. Edwards preached an outline sermon in September of 1748 on Hebrews 2:15 whose theme was to: 1. Represent something of the miserable bondage they are subject to that are without any reasonable support... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 2:16. FOR VERILY HE TOOK NOT ON (HIM THE NATURE) OF ANGELS; BUT HE TOOK ON (HIM) THE SEED OF ABRAHAM. The _Blank Bible:_ The particle "for" connects the verse with the 14th with these words for as much as the children are partakers of flesh and blood he also partook of the same. The apostle... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 2:17-18. WHEREFORE IN ALL THINGS IT BEHOOVED HIM TO BE MADE LIKE UNTO (HIS) BRETHREN, THAT HE MIGHT BE A MERCIFUL AND FAITHFUL HIGH PRIEST IN THINGS (PERTAINING) TO GOD, TO MAKE RECONCILIATION FOR THE SINS OF THE PEOPLE. FOR IN THAT HE HIMSELF HATH SUFFERED BEING TEMPTED, HE IS ABLE TO SUCCOUR... [ Continue Reading ]