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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 174: §. 174. Of the excellency and benefits of Christs Priesthood.
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. It is necessary that the Church have a Priest to be for it in things appear ing unto God: and that by reason of the infinite disparity and disproportion […] is betwixt God and man. Hereof see The whole Armour of God, on Eph. 6. 18. Treat. 3. Part. 2. §. 62. 2. It is also necessary that Christ be the Priest of the Church: and that by reason of that infinite Dignity, Authority, Power and worth which belongs to that Pri• Hereof see §. 172.
1. It is necessary that the Church have a Priest to be for it in things apper• ing unto God: and that by reason of the infinite disparity and disproportion 〈…〉 is betwixt God and man. Hereof see The whole Armour of God, on Eph. 6. 18. Treat. 3. Part. 2. §. 62. 2. It is also necessary that Christ be the Priest of the Church: and that by reason of that infinite Dignity, Authority, Power and worth which belongs to that Pri• Hereof see §. 172.
All the benefits that flow from Christs Office and Passive obedience, from […] ⟨p. 145⟩Death and Sacrifice, from his Burial and Resurrection, from his Ascension and Intercession, are fruits and effects of his Priesthood. For as our Priest he subjected himself to the service and curse of the Law: he offered up himself a Sacrifice; he was buried and rose from the dead: he entered into heaven and there maketh continual intercession for us.
All the benefits that flow from Christs Office and Passive obedience, from 〈…〉 ⟨p. 145⟩