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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 11: §. 11. Of the meaning of the first Verse.
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.
God made known to Adam a Saviour of the seed of the woman to overcome the devil, Gen. 3. 16. He confirmed the same by Sacrifices, Gen. 4. 4. To Noah God by the Ark declared, that few should be saved in comparison of the multitude that should perish; and that they who were to be saved, should be saved in the Ark of Christs1 Church, 1 Pet. 3. 20, 21. To Abraham God revealed his purpose of extending mercy to all nations, Gen. 22. 18. To Jacob it was made known, that the Messiah should come of the Tribe of Judah, Gen. 49. 10. Heb. 7. 14. To Moses that he should be a Prophet, Deut. 18. 18. To David that he should be a King, Psal. 2. 6. and a Priest, Psal. 110. 4. To Isaiah that he should be born of a Virgin, Isa. 7. 14. To Michaiah that he should be born in Bethlehem, Mic. 5. 2. Before the Law God gave to the fathers particular revelations fit for their times and their needs. Under the Law God delivered many Ordinances, Rites, Types, Ceremonies and shadows, to foreshow Evangelical truths, and to uphold their faith therein. For these ends also God sent divers Prophets from time to time till the fullness of time.
God made known to Adam a Saviour of the seed of the woman to overcome the devil, Gen. 3. 16. He confirmed the same by Sacrifices,