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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 2: §. 2. Of regarding what Christ hath done for us.
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.
The aGreek particle translated Wherefore is the very same that was used Ch. 2. ⟨p. 260⟩v. 17. Thereof See more Chap. 2. §. 166. It was showed Chap. 2. §. 2. that the excellency of the Teacher requires the greater heed in hearers. But this inference2 further showeth, that the lower any condescendeth for our good, and the greater the benefits be that redound to us thereby, the more we ought to observe those things that are made known concerning him. Who could descend lower then3 the Son of God by subjecting himself to death for us. All that Christ did and endured was for us, even for our good. See chap. 2. §. 83. wherefore we ought to consider him. This argument Moses nseth to st•r up the Israelites to attend to God and his Law, The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, Deut. 28. 12. So doth the Wise man, Prov. 4. 1, 2. Nature it self p•tteth on every thing to seek its own good.4
The aGreek particle translated Wherefore is the very same that was used Ch. 2. ⟨p. 260⟩v. 17. Thereof See more Chap. 2. §. 166. It was shewed Chap. 2. §. 2. that the excellency of the Teacher requires the greater heed in hearers. But this inference2 further sheweth, that the lower any condescendeth for our good, and the greater the benefits be that redound to us thereby, the more we ought to observe those things that are made known concerning him. Who could descend lower then