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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 170: §. 170. Of Sin and Sicknesses wherein Christ was not like man.
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1. Generals admit some particular exceptions. The Apostle himself th•s expresseth the exception of sin, He was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin, Heb. 4. 15. 2. Though sin in our nature be an inseparable adjunct, yet is it not essential thereunto. A man may be a true man though he have no sin in him; instance Adam in his Innocency, and glorified Saints after the Resurrection. 3. Christ as Surety for sinners was like to sinful men; In that our sins were imputed to him, and he bare the burden of them; Thus it is said, that He was made sin for us, 2 Cor. 5. 21. But to be himself tainted with sin was not possible, by reason of the Union of his humane nature with his divine. If such a thing could have been, it would have crossed the main end of his being like unto man, namely, to be • Mediator betwixt God and man; To make satisfaction for the sins of others, &c.
1. Generals admit some particular exceptions. The Apostle himself th•s expresseth the exception of sin, He was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin, Heb. 4. 15. 2. Though sin in our nature be an inseparable adjunct, yet is it not essentiall thereunto. A man may be a true man though he have no sin in him; instance Adam in his Innocency, and glorified Saints after the Resurrection. 3. Christ as Surety for sinners was like to sinful men; In that our sins were imputed to him, and he bare the burthen of them; Thus it is said, that He was made sin for us, 2 Cor. 5. 21. But to be himself tainted with sin was not possible, by reason of the Union of his humane nature with his divine. If such a thing could have been, it would have crossed the main end of his being like unto man, namely, to be Mediator betwixt God and man; To make satisfaction for the sins of others, &c.