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A commentary on the whole Epistle to the Hebrews. By M. John Calvin. Translated…A commentarie on the vvhole Epistle to the Hebrevves. By M. Iohn Caluin. Translated…
A commentary on the whole Epistle to the Hebrews. By M. John Calvin. Translated out of FrenchA commentarie on the vvhole Epistle to the Hebrevves. By M. Iohn Caluin. Translated out of French
London: printed by Felix Kingston for Arthur Johnson, 1605London: printed by Felix Kingston for Arthur Iohnson, 1605
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22 Let us draw near with a true hart in assurance of faith, our hearts being pure from an evil conscience,
22 Let vs draw neere with a true hart in assurance of faith, our hearts being pure from an euill conscience,
23 And washed in our bodies with pure water, let us keep the profession of our hope without wavering (for he is faithful which hath promised)
23 And washed in our bodies with pure water, let vs keep the profession of our hope without wauering (for he is faithfull which hath promised)
Seeing then brethren, &c.] Verse 19 He gathers his former doctrine into a conclusion or sum: after which he adds an exhortation both to very good purpose, & of great weight, threatening them severely which shall reject the grace of Christ. Now the sum is, that all the ceremonies by which men had access into the Sanctuary of God under the law, had their firm truth in Christ: so as the use of them is superfluous and unprofitable to him that enjoyeth Christ. Now the better to express this, he describes the access which Christ gives us by an allegory. For he compares heaven to the old Sanctuary, and under a figurative manner of speech sets forth the things which were spiritually fulfilled in Christ. True it is that Allegories do sometimes rather darken, than illustrate the matter: but here they have not a little grace; and besides, they bring much more light, when the Apostle transfers the old figures of the law to Christ: to the end we should know that all things which were shadowed in the law, are now truly manifested in him. Now as there is almost no word here that hath not his weight, so let us remember that there is also a close antithesis, showing that the truth which is seen in Christ must needs abolish the ancient figures.