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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 171: §. 171. Of the ends why Christ was made like to man in all things.
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.
§. 171. Of the ends why Christ was made like to man in all things.
The ends why Christ might be made like to man, in the foresaid universal likeness, were such as these,
THe ends why Christ might be made like to man, in the foresaid universall likenesse, were such as these,
1. To give a surer evidence of the truth of his humane nature. Thus this is a confirmation of this great article of our Christian faith, that Christ was a true man. 2. To give assurance of his compassions towards us in regard of our infirmities, Heb. 4. 15. 3. That no gifts or parts of Learning, Wisdom, Purity or any other excellency, exempts men from infirmities: for who more excellent then Christ. Thus this is a ground of contentation. 4. To demonstrate that infirmities and afflictions, simply considered in themselves are no arguments of Gods displeasure or indignation. Thus this is a ground of patience. 5. To be an example, that we might have a pattern for well carrying our selves in such cases. Thus this is a direction. 6. To make them more easy to us: For Christ, by putting his shoulder under the burdens that lie upon us, hath taken away the greatest heaviness of them, and made them to us portable. This is a ground of encouragement. 7. To sanctify them unto us. For whatsoever Christ underwent, he sanctified. He sanctified Divine Ordinances, by observing them himself. He sanctified the creatures that are useful for man, by using them himself.