Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 edition. Excerpt: ... THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE HEBREWS J God, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners, (2) hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in ' his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the 1 worlds; (3) who being the effulgence of his glory, and the 'Gr. o Son. Gr. ages. Comp. 1 Tim. 1.17. Or, the impress of his substance. In the opening of the letter, the writer mentions 1 neither himself nor his readers. But he gives us to understand who they both were, by speaking of their common fathers, to whom in olden times God had spoken through the prophets. They accordingly both belong to that nation, for whom in the time of the preparatory revelation God had awakened the prophets, in order to give to them, again and again, doctrine and exhortation, promises and threats, in accordance with their needs, and through the mouths of the prophets. But they are both living in the last times, to which all the predictions of the prophets pointed, and which have begun in their age. To them God has spoken in One who was more than all their prophets, namely, in the Son, who is such in 2 the unique sense, since God has appointed Him heir over all things, i. e. has given to Him the dominion over the whole world. But this only was in harmony with His relation to the world from the beginning. For through Him God has established all the processes of nature, as these processes had in all ages tended toward the goal at which the world was to be sub 3 jected to Him. It was natural that He alone should very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the-word of his power, when he had made purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on...
