An Exposition of the Epistle to the Hebrews, Volume 3

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LibriVox recording of An Exposition of the Epistle to the Hebrews, Volume 3 by John Owen; Edward Williams. Read in English by InTheDesert. It is hardly needful to observe, that it is the incumbent duty of every faithful abridger, as well as a faithful translator, to adhere scrupulously to the sense of his author, except the reason to the contrary be universally obvious, nor even then without apprizing the reader of it. This is what I have endeavored throughout to pay the strictest regard to. The reader of the ensuing pages will find in them the genuine thoughts and sentiments of Dr. Owen, to the best of my knowledge, and no other. Sometimes, indeed, the abridger thought it absolutely necessary, in discharging his duty to his readers, to exchange an expression, or to alter a phraseology, for others that appear now more expressive, or better understood. And now and then he has taken the liberty, for a similar reason,of inserting an expressive or animating epithet, justified by the connexion; or turned a sentence merely declarative into an awakening interogation. Some may think that these liberties are after all too seldom used, while others are ready to entertain a jealousy, when the…

Directors & creators

John Owen; Edward Williams

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;bible; church; old testament; apostle; gospel; Jésus Christ; Hebrews; Canaan; tabernacle; atonement; Sacrifice; abraham; promise; bible commentary; puritan; holy ghost; book of hebrews; bible -- hebrews; bible -- hebrews -- commentaries; high priest; levitical priesthood; old covenant; order of melchizedek; socinians; melchizedek; tribe of judah

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