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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 194: §. 194. Of Faithfulness in declaring the salutations of others.
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.
§. 194. Of Faithfulness in declaring the salutations of others.
The Apostle having commended to them his own salutation, presenteth also the salutations of others in these words, They of Italy salute you.
THe Apostle having commended to them his own salutation, presenteth also the salutations of others in these words, They of Italy salute you.
Italy is one of the fairest Regions in Europe. There are many very famous Cities in that Region: as Rome, Venice, Naples, Florence, Genua, and sundry others. There were Churches in many parts of Italy. It may be that there was a Church of the Jews in that part of Italy where the Apostle was, when he wrote this Epistle; and that he might mean them especially. Or if they were converted Gentiles, they were such as bore good-will to these Hebrews: and rejoiced in this, that the Hebrews embraced the Christian faith: and thereupon desire that their good-will to the Hebrews might be testified; which is to salute them. Without all question they were such Christians as well knew the Hebrews, and whom the Hebrews well knew: and thereupon the Apostle thus sets them down indefinitely, They of Italy.
Italy is one of the fairest Regions in Europe. There are many very famous Cities in that Region: as Rome, Venice, Neapoles, Florence, Genua, and sundry others. There were Churches in many parts of Italy. It may be that there was a Church of the Jews in that part of Italy where the Apostle was, when he wrote this Epistle; and that he might mean them especially. Or if they were converted Gentiles, they were such as bore good-will to these Hebrews: and rejoyced in this, that the Hebrews imbraced the Christian faith: and thereupon desire that their good-will to the Hebrews might be testified; which is to salute them. Without all question they were such Christians as well knew the Hebrews, and whom the Hebrews well knew: and thereupon the Apostle thus sets them down indefinitely, They of Italy.