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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 5: §. 5. Of the Hebrews.Chapter › Section 5: §. 5. Of the Hebrewes.
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.
As Heber withdrew himself from the wicked world in his time, so did Abram in his time; being called of God (Gen. 12. 1.) and so became another father of the Church: whereupon, as he was called an Hebrew from Heber, so all his posterity were called Hebrews from him.
As Heber withdrew himself from the wicked world in his time, so did Abram in his time; being called of God (Gen. 12. 1.) and so became another father of the Church: whereupon, as he was called an Hebrew from Heber, so all his posterity were called Hebrewes from him.
2. The other respect why Abraham was called an Hebrew, was because he passed over from his own country to Canaan. In which journey he passed over much Land and sundry Rivers; as Tigris, Euphrates and Jordan: for the verbl Habar, signifieth to pass over: the nounm Heber, and the wordn Hebrew, one that passeth over.4
2. The other respect why Abraham was called an Hebrew, was because he passed over from his own country to Canaan. In which journey he passed over much Land and sundry Rivers; as Tigris, Euphrates and Iordan: for the verbl Habar, signifieth to passe over: the nounm Heber, and the wordn