A41670:3055
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 137: §. 137. Of this phrase, Flesh and blood.
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.
By way of diminution blood is added thereunto (flesh and blood.)
Blood is a liquor consisting of the four humours; in it life and spirit is conv• 1through the whole body. The Philosopher saith that blood is the matter ol• whole body.
- 1What blood is, [Greek or Hebrew]. Arist. depart. Animal. l. 2. c. 4.What blood is, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. Arist. depart. Animal. l. 2. c. 4.
By a Metonymy blood is put for life and for death. For life, because it is […] means of life, Gen. 9. 4. For death, because upon shedding of blood death followe• Gen. 37. 26. Compare Psal. 72. 14. with Psal. 116. 13. In this respect Christs blood put for his death, Rom. 5. 9. Eph. 2. 13.