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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 162: §. 162. Of Christs taking on him the Seed of Abraham.
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.
1. Because the promise of the Messiah to come of his seed was oft made to Abraham, as Gen. 12. 3. & 13. 15, 16. & 15. 5, 6. & 17. 7, 17. & 18. 18. & 21. 12▪ & 22. 18. So as the saith of Believers was the more settled in this, that Christ took on him the seed of Abraham. 2. Because Christ assumed mans nature in special for the sake of Abraham's seed, which properly are they who were chosen of God to eternal life. To this purpose ⟨p. 136⟩tendeth that distinction which the Apostle maketh between the children of the […] and children of promise, Rom. 9. 7, 8.
1. Because the promise of the Messiah to come of his seed was oft made to Abraham, as Gen. 12. 3. & 13. 15, 16. & 15. 5, 6. & 17. 7, 17. & 18. 18. & 21. 12▪ & 22. 18. So as the saith of Beleevers was the more setled in this, that Christ took on him the seed of Abraham. 2. Because Christ assumed mans nature in speciall for the sake of Abrahams seed, which properly are they who were chosen of God to eternal life. To this purpose ⟨p. 136⟩