1668-1674 Exercitations on the Epistle to the Hebrews. Also Concerning the Messiah; Exercitations on the Epistle to the Hebrews, Concerning the Priesthood of Christ

Description

First Edition, Leather Binding, Very Scarce

The very scarce first edition of John Owen's two volume commentary on the biblical 'Epistle to the Hebrews'.

With both volumes bound together, with volume I covering the first two chapters, and volume II covering the third, fourth and fifth chapters.

The first volume, published in 1668:

ESTC No. R18100

The text and register are continuous, despite the pagination. "An exposition of the two first chapters of the Epistle of Paul the Apostle unto the Hebrews" has separate dated title page (on 2S4r) and pagination; register is continuous.

With the register [1], A2, a4, B-4H4, 4I6. Collated, complete.

The second volume, published in 1674, on the 'third, fourth, and fifth chapters of the said epistle to the Hebrews'.

ESTC No. R22847

Text continuous, despite pagination.

With the register A2, *A2, B-3H4, 3I2, a2, b, c2, d-h2, i. Collated, complete.

Owen, a leading Puritan theologian and scholar, uses a wide range of sources - including early Church writers, other theologians of his time, and biblical languages - to support his arguments surrounding the biblical 'Epistle to the Hebrews'.