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A learned and very useful commentary on the whole epistle to the Hebrews wherein…
A learned and very useful commentary on the whole epistle to the Hebrews wherein every word and particle in the original is explained ... : being the substance of thirty years Wednesdays lectures at Black-fryers, London / by that holy and learned divine William Gouge ... : before which is prefixed a narrative of his life and death : whereunto is added two alphabetical tables ...A learned and very useful commentary on the whole epistle to the Hebrews wherein every word and particle in the original is explained ... : being the substance of thirty years Wednesdayes lectures at Black-fryers, London / by that holy and learned divine Wiliam Gouge ... : before which is prefixed a narrative of his life and death : whereunto is added two alphabeticall tables ...
London: printed by A.M. for Joshua Kirton, 1655
Chapter › Section 111: §. 111. Of Christs Sceptre.Chapter › Section 111: §. 111. Of Christs Scepter.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
That a Royal Sceptre is here meant, is evident by the word Kingdom annexed to it (The Sceptre of thy Kingdom:) And that by this Sceptre the government of a Kingdom is here meant, is manifest by the Epithet of righteousness added thereto, a Sceptre of righteousness, that is, a righteous government of a Kingdom. In this respect a King is said to have a Sceptre to rule, Eze. 19. 14.
That a Royall Scepter is here meant, is evident by the word Kingdom annexed to it (The Scepter of thy Kingdom:) And that by this Scepter the government of a Kingdom is here meant, is manifest by the Epithete of righteousnesse added thereto, a Scepter of righteousnesse, that is, a righteous government of a Kingdom. In this respect a King is said to have a Scepter to rule, Eze. 19. 14.
There are two things whereby the Apostle commendeth the foresaid Sceptre▪ One is the dignity of it, The other is the equity of it.
There are two things whereby the Apostle commendeth the foresaid Scepter▪ One is the dignity of it, The other is the equity of it.
The dignity is the greatest that can be, implied in this word Kingdom; A Sceptre of a Kingdom is a Royal Sceptre, such as Kings only sway. Other Commanders may have Sceptres (though not so properly as a King) for mention is made of Sceptres of Rulers in the plural number, as Isa. 14. 5