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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 116: §. 116. Of Christs hatred of iniquity.
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.
Hereby may righteous Magistrates, righteous Ministers, righteous Masters, and all righteous persons be proved.
That which is said of righteousness it self may be applied to persons qualified therewith: Christ loveth the righteous, and hateth the unrighteous: The way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness Pro. 15. 9. So may we do, So must we do; We may, we must love the righteous, 2 Joh. v. 1. and hate the unrighteous, Psa. 139. 21, 22. Not simply their persons, but their evil qualities; In regard of mens persons, we are commanded to love our enemies, yea, though they be wicked; even, such as curse us and persecute us, Mat. 5. 44. But in regard of their quality we must hate even the garment spotted with the flesh, Jude v. 23.
That which is said of righteousnesse it self may be applied to persons qualified therewith: Christ loveth the righteous, and hateth the unrighteous: The way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but he loveth him that followeth after righteousnesse Pro. 15. 9. So may we do, So must we do; We may, we must love the righteous, 2 Ioh. v. 1. and hate the unrighteous, Psa. 139. 21, 22. Not simply their persons, but their evil qualities; In regard of mens persons, we are commanded to love our enemies, yea, though they be wicked; even, such as curse us and persecute us,