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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.
That we may the better discern who and what these enemies are I will endeavour to rank them out as it were in battle array.
In a well set army, there is a General, and under him Colonels, Captains, Lieutenants,1 Majors, Corporals, Ancients, Trumpeters, Drummers, Scouts, and of Soldiers there useth to be a Van-guard, man Battalio, Rear, right and left Wings, and Ambushments.
In a well set army, there is a Generall, and under him Colonels, Captains, Lieutenants,1 Majors, Corporals, Ancients, Trumpeters, Drummers, Scouts, and of Souldiers there useth to be a Van-guard, man Battalio, Reer, right and left Wings, and Ambushments.
- 1The array of spiritual enemies.The array of spirituall enemies.
The General is that great Dragon and old Serpent, which is called the devil and Satan, Rev. 12. 9. Colonels, Captains, and other Commanders and Officers, who whet on and embolden all such as take part with Satan, are all sorts of infernal spirits and fiends of hell; The Van is made up of Atheists, Idolaters, Persecutors, and other like open and impudent enemies of the Church. The Battalia consists of all manner of profane and licentious persons. In the right wing are all the lusts of the flesh, in the left all the honours and pleasures of the world; In the Rear follow sin, death, grave, and hell it self with such like mortal enemies and their