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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 182: §. 182. Of the meaning of these words, I have written to you in few words.
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.
§. 182. Of the meaning of these words, I have written to you in few words.
The reason which the Apostle renders to enforce his desire is thus expressed, For I have written a letter unto you in few words.
THe reason which the Apostle renders to enforce his desire is thus expressed, For I have written a letter unto you in few words.
This phrase, I have written a letter, is the interpretation of one Greek word, which is a compound. The simple Verb signifieth ato send. The Compound bto send to, Matth. 21. 34, 36. Now because men by letters do use to send their mind to others, this word is used to set out a mans writing of a letter, and thus translated write, Acts 15. 20. cA Noun hence derived signifieth a letter, or an Epistle, Col. 4. 16.
This phrase, I have written a letter, is the interpretation of one Greek word, which is a compound. The simple Verb signifieth ato send. The Compound