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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 10: §. 10. Of mens backwardness in seeking after holiness.
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§. 10. Of mens backwardness in seeking after holiness.
Many that profess the true faith, and have the word of God to be their instructor, may be thought to be better instructed in the worth of spiritual matters, then the aforesaid men of the world: yet too many of these are too too backward in seeking after holiness. It is the Lords charge to seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness, (Matth. 6. 33.) to seek holiness before, and above all other things: But commonly it is the last thing which men seek after, and with least care and diligence. It is said of Manna, that it was Angels food, Psal. 78. 25. So delightsome it was, so wholesome, every way so excellent, that if Angels had taken any food, they would have eaten that food; yet the Israelites after they had some while enjoyed it, accounted it light bread, and loathed it, Num. 21. 5. Difficulty in obtaining holiness cannot justly be pretended: For an especial means tending thereunto, is that word which is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it, Deut. 30. 14. This is the Gospel, even the word of faith which we preach, Rom. 10. 8. Yet how little is this word regarded? I may in this case say, Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get holiness, seeing he hath no heart to use it?