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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 10 › Section 18: §. 18. Of a body prepared for Christ.
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 body which Christ had, is said to be prepared by God. The Greek word which we translate, bprepared, is a compound, and signifieth to make perfect. Of the composition and derivation of the word, see Chap. 13. v. 21. §. 172. It here implieth that God ordained, formed, made fit and able Christs humane nature to undergo, and fulfil that for which he was sent into the world. In this several sense, it answereth to this Hebrew phrase, Mine ears hast thou opened, Psal. 40. 7. That i•, thou hast enabled, and made me ready and willing to do what thou requirest.
That body which Christ had, is said to be prepared by God. The Greek word which we translate, bprepared, is a compound, and signifieth to make perfect. Of the composition and derivation of the word, see Chap. 13. v. 21. §. 172. It here implyeth that God ordained, formed, made fit and able Christs humane nature to undergo, and fulfil that for which he was sent into the world. In this severall sense, it answereth to this Hebrew phrase, Mine eares hast thou opened, Psal. 40. 7. That i•, thou hast enabled, and made me ready and willing to do what thou requirest.
- b[Greek or Hebrew].〈non-Latin alphabet〉.
From this particular instance of Christ, it appears, that God enableth men to that1