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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 172: §. 172. Of being perfect in every good work.
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.
§. 172. Of being perfect in every good work.
The first branch is a very large one, comprising under it every spiritual blessing that is needful for a Christian.
THe first branch is a very large one, comprising under it every spirituall blessing that is needfull for a Christian.
aThe first word in Greek is a compound. bThe Adjective whence it is derived doth signify sound, not hurt, not defective. The compound wants not emphasis. It signifieth to make up a thing that is rent or defective: as where it is said, that the sons of Zebedee were cmending their nets, Matth. 4. 21. and where the Apostle exhorteth to restore one that is overtaken in a fault, Gal. 6. 1. Usually it signifieth, as here, to perfect, 1 Cor. 1. 10. 2 Cor. 13. 11. It is used to Gods preparing the body of Christ for a fit sacrifice,