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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
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.
§. 15. Of the Heavenly Calling.
The calling of Saints is here commended unto us by this attribute heavenly. The Greek word is a 1compound, and hath reference to the highest heaven where the Throne of God is, and where Christ now is in his humane nature. This Compound is in the New Testament used eighteen times. Six times in this Epistle, and every where to set forth such things as belong to the highest heavens, or tend thereunto. It is here in this place attributed to Saints calling.
THe calling of Saints is here commended unto us by this attribute heavenly. The Greek word is a 1compound, and hath reference to the highest heaven where the Throne of God is, and where Christ now is in his humane nature. This Compound is in the New Testament used eighteen times. Six times in this Epistle, and every where to set forth such things as belong to the highest heavens, or tend thereunto. It is here in this place attributed to Saints calling.
- 1[Greek or Hebrew] dicuntur quae supra caelos sunt, ut [Greek or Hebrew] quae supcr terram.〈non-Latin alphabet〉 dicuntur quae supra caelos sunt, ut 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 quae supcr terram.
1. To distinguish it from earthly callings; Thus our heavenly Father is distinguished from earthly Fathers,