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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 131: §. 131. Of the Earth being a Foundation.
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.
§. 131. Of the Earth being a Foundation.
THE Creation of the Earth is thus set out, Thou hast laid the foundation thereof; This is the Interpretation of onea Greek word: A bFoundation, from whence the Verb is derived, signifieth that which is put under other things to support and bear them up. It useth therefore to be sound, solid, strong, and laid on firm and sure ground, Luk. 6. 48. It is most frequently put for the foundation of an house, which beareth up all the rest of the building, 1 Cor. 3. 10, 11, 12. A foundation remaineth firm, stable, unmoveable: The word here used is also translated thus cgrounded, Eph. 3. 17. and settled, 1 Pet. 5. 10. It is there joined with two other words which signify a fast fixing of a thing, dstablish, strengthen, and settle.
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