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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
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.
I will not assay to extenuate any of these aggravations: But this I may bo• say, that these and other like reasons taken from difference in creatures much • gate from the supreme Sovereignty of God, who thus saith, I will be gra• ▪ whom I will be gracious: and I will show mercy, on whom I will show mercy, Exod▪ 19. That which about Gods Sovereignty exercised on man and man, in refere• to the Elect and reprobate is distinctly set down by the Apostle (Rom. 9. 21, […] may not unfitly be applied to his Sovereignty exercised on men and Angels. […] not the Potter power over the clay of the same lump, to make one vessel unto honour, […] another unto dishonour? &c. Is it not lawful for me, saith the Lord, to do what […] with mine own? This then is the reason that we must rest upon, So was Gods […] pleasure▪ He would not show that mercy to Angels, which he did to men.
I will not assay to extenuate any of these aggravations: But this I may bo• say, that these and other like reasons taken from difference in creatures much • gate from the supream Soveraignty of God, who thus saith, I will be gra• ▪ whom I will be gracious: and I will shew mercy, on whom I will shew mercy, Exod▪ 19. That which about Gods Soveraignty exercised on man and man, in refere• to the Elect and reprobate is distinctly set down by the Apostle (Rom. 9. 21, 〈…〉 may not unfitly be applied to his Soveraignty exercised on men and Angels. 〈…〉 not the Potter power over the clay of the same lump, to make one vessel unto honour, 〈…〉 another unto dishonour? &c. Is it not lawfull for me, saith the Lord, to do what with mine own? This then is the reason that we must rest upon, So was Gods pleasure He would not shew that mercy to Angels, which he did to men.