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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
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.
1. Oil is a nourishing kind of food as honey and butter; hereupon it is often joined with them, Job 29. 6. Eze. 16. 13. It is also joined with meat and drink, Ezra 3. 7. with meal, 1 King. 17. 12. with bread, Hos. 2. 5. Fine flour, Lev. 2. 4. and with wine, 2 Chron. 11. 11. All these are nourishing food. Oil is very wholesome to be eaten, it much helpeth digestion, it is therefore eaten with raw herbs and other cold things; It is also a means to expel such things as annoy the stomach; and it is an antidote against poison. Nothing is more nourishing and wholesome to the soul then the Spirit and the graces thereof; It maketh Gods Word to give a good relish; It helps the soul well to digest the Word, yea, It makes it sweet and pleasant, Psa. 119. 103. The Spirit expels carnal lusts of all sorts, and it is a most Sovereign antidote against all poisonous corruptions. 2. Oil is of singular use to supple hard swelling tumours, to ease pains in the flesh or bones, to keep sores from rankling, and to heal wounds, Luke 10. 34. Isa. 1. 6. The Spirit mollifieth hard hearts, assuageth perplexed spirits, easeth troubled consciences, and healeth the wounds of the soul made by Satan's assault, Isa. 61. 1, 2, 3. 3. Oil is useful to strengthen weak joints, to make them quick and nimble; They therefore that strive for the mastery in wrestling, running, and other like exercises, use to anoint their joints. The Spirit helpeth our infirmities, Rom. 8. 26