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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.
§. 8. Of the general intendment of particular Epistles.
§. 8. Of the generall intendment of particular Epistles.
Quest. Was this Epistle written for the Hebrews only?
Quest. WAs this Epistle written for the Hebrews only?
Answ. Though it were in special manner directed to them, yet1 was it not written only for their use; but for the use also of the whole Christian Church: and therefore it hath ever been read in all Churches. The Apostle giveth a charge to particular Churches, to whom in special he directed his Epistles, to cause them to be read in other Churches, Col. 4. 16. For the matter of Apostolical Epistles, consisted of general doctrines and directions fit for all Christians to know, believe and obey. That which Christ saith of the word, which he preached to his Disciples in particular (Mark. 13. 37.) What I say unto you, I say unto all, may be applied to the Epistles of the Apostles: For in them they intended the good of all Christians. The particular inscription of their Epistles to particular Churches or persons, was as the ordinary dedication of books to particular persons, which are intended to the good of all.