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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.
1. He was a Prince (Isa. 9. 6.) and a Minister for Gods Church, Rom. 15. 8. 2. He was an Holy One, Luk. 1. 35. Act. 2. 27. & 3. 14. 3. He offered himself a sacrifice to God, Eph. 5. 2. 4. He is set over the▪ House of God, Heb. 3. 6.
All those things whereby this Apostle describeth a Priest, (Chap. 5. 1.) do most1 properly belong to Christ. For,
- 1All things belonging▪ to a Priest are true of Christ.
1. A Priest is taken from among men. Christ also himself likewise took part of the same flesh and blood whereof other men are partakers. See §. 139. 2. A true Priest is ordained. Christ also glorified not himself to be made an High Priest: but his Father glorified him in that respect, (Heb. 5. 5.) he Ordained him. 3. A Priest is for men. What Christ undertook he undertook for us. See §. 83. 4. A Priest is in things pertaining to God. Thus much is expressly affirmed of Christ in this verse, He is a Priest in things pertaining to God. He is the one Mediator between God and men,