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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 2 › Section 136: §. 136. Of the transition betwixt ver. 13, & 14.
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§. 136. Of the transition betwixt ver. 13, & 14.
Verse 14. For as much then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same, that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; Verse 15. And deliver them who through fear of death, were all their life time subject to bondage.
From the Prophetical Office of Christ, which he exercised in his humane nature, the Apostle proceedeth to set down special acts of his Kingly Office, which he also performed in the same nature.
FRom the Propheticall Office of Christ, which he exercised in his humane nature, the Apostle proceedeth to set down speciall acts of his Kingly Office, which he also performed in the same nature.
Very elegantly doth the Apostle pass from the one point to the other. For upon the mention of children belonging to Christ, the Apostle taketh occasion to show that Christ would be of the same nature whereof they were, though it were a frail and infirm nature; even flesh and blood.