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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 3: §. 3. Of Brethren in reference to Saints.
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.
When a mere man speaks to others, and calls them brethren, this relation is to be taken betwixt him that speaketh and them to whom he speaketh. Thus this title here hath relation betwixt the Apostle and those to whom he wrote.
When a meer man speaks to others, and cals them brethren, this relation is to be taken betwixt him that speaketh and them to whom he speaketh. Thus this title here hath relation betwixt the Apostle and those to whom he wrote.
Because they were Hebrews to whom in special this Epistle was directed, it may1 be supposed that the Apostle useth this Title in reference to that common stock whence he and the Hebrews came, as where he saith, Brethren, Children of the […] of Abraham, Act. 13. 26. And, my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh, Rom. 9. 3. But this attribute holy will not well admit that restriction. For most of the Jews were through their unbelief cut off from the holy root.
Because they were Hebrews to whom in speciall this Epistle was directed, it may1 be supposed that the Apostle useth this Title in reference to that common stock whence he and the Hebrews came, as where he saith, Brethren, Children of the 〈…〉 of Abraham, Act. 13. 26. And, my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh, Rom. 9. 3. But this attribute holy will not well admit that restriction. For most of the Jews were through their unbelief cut off from the holy root.