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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 3 › Section 1: §. 1. Of the Resolution of the third Chapter.
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. By way of similitude. 2. By way of dissimilitude.
Both the similitude and dissimilitude are betwixt the same persons, namely, Christ and Moses.
1. In regard of similitude, Christ was faithful as Moses, v. 2. 2. In regard of dissimilitude, Christ was more excellent then Moses, The dissimilitude is exemplified in two pair of relations, One is betwixt a Builder and a house built; The Argument thus lieth, A Builder of a House is more excellent then any part of the House built▪ But Christ is the Builder, and Moses a part of the House, Therefore Christ is more excellent then Moses. The Proposition is in the 3d verse; The Assumption in the 4th. The other pair of relations is betwixt a Son (who is the Lord) and a […]. This Argument thus lieth, The Son who is Lord is more excellent then any Servant. But Christ is the Son and Lord, and Moses a Servant, Therefore Christ is more excellent then Moses. The Proposition is in the 6th verse; The Assumption in the 5th.
1. In regard of similitude, Christ was faithfull as Moses, v. 2. 2. In regard of dissimilitude, Christ was more excellent then Moses, The dissimilitude is exemplified in two pair of relations, One is betwixt a Builder and a house built; The Argument thus lieth, A Builder of a House is more excellent then any part of the House built▪ But Christ is the Builder, and Moses a part of the House, Therefore Christ is more excellent then Moses. The Proposition is in the 3d verse; The Assumption in the 4th. The other pair of relations is betwixt a Son (who is the Lord) and a 〈…〉. This Argument thus lieth, The Son who is Lord is more excellent then any Servant. But Christ is the Son and Lord, and Moses a Servant, Therefore Christ is more excellent then Moses. The Proposition is in the 6th verse; The Assumption in the 5th.