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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 13 › Section 104: §. 104. Of the benefits of imitating Guides.
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§. 104. Of the benefits of imitating Guides.
The direction to be observed about the right and best use concerning Guides, is, so to set them before us, as we may endeavour to be like unto them: and that whether they be living or dead; whether of later or ancienter times. There is mention made of a Star which certain wise men of the East so fixed their eyes upon, as they followed it, till at length they came to Jerusalem, and from ⟨p. 80⟩thence to Bethlehem, where they found Jesus, Matth. 2. 1, &c. Thus must we set our eyes upon such Guides as God doth set before us, and follow them till we may come to that place where Jesus now is: Thus shall we honour them. This is indeed the greatest honour that we can do to them. Hereby we make a supply of them in Gods Church, they being taken away; so as the Church doth the less miss them. Elijah was the less missed, because Elisha was endued with his spirit. This therefore brings a great benefit to the Church of God.
THe direction to be observed about the right and best use concerning Guides, is, so to set them before us, as we may endeavour to be like unto them: and that whether they be living or dead; whether of later or ancienter times. There is mention made of a Star which certain wise men of the East so fixed their eyes upon, as they followed it, till at length they came to Ierusalem, and from ⟨p. 80⟩thence to Bethlehem, where they found Jesus, Matth. 2. 1, &c. Thus must we set our eyes upon such Guides as God doth set before us, and follow them till we may come to that place where Jesus now is: Thus shall we honour them. This is indeed the greatest honour that we can do to them. Hereby we make a supply of them in Gods Church, they being taken away; so as the Church doth the less miss them. Elijah was the less missed, because Elisha was indued with his spirit. This therefore brings a great benefit to the Church of God.