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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.
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. Eze. 19. 11. Such a Sceptre may be a Sceptre of a City, of a Tribe, of a Province, or of such a jurisdiction as he possesseth who holdeth the Sceptre.
The dignity is the greatest that can be, implied in this word Kingdom; A Scepter of a Kingdom is a Royall Scepter, such as Kings only sway. Other Commanders may have Scepters (though not so properly as a King) for mention is made of Scepters of Rulers in the plural number, as Isa. 14. 5. Eze. 19. 11. Such a Scepter may be a Scepter of a City, of a Tribe, of a Province, or of such a jurisdiction as he possesseth who holdeth the Scepter.
The equity of the former Sceptre is thus set out, a Sceptre of righteousness, which