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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 › Section 31: §. 31. Of Christs sitting and standing in Heaven.
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 Apostle in setting down the high degree of Christs exaltation, well poised his words, for every word hath its weight.
THe Apostle in setting down the high degree of Christs exaltation, well poised his words, for every word hath its weight.
This, He sate down, importeth high Honour, and a settled continuance therein. Sitting1 is a posture of dignity: Superiors sit when inferiors stand, Job. 29. 7, 8. Thus is2 the Ancient of days, said to sit: and ten thousand thousands (ministering spirits) to stand before him, Dan. 7. 9, 10. In way of Honour is the Highest thus set out, He that sitteth upon the Throne, Rev. 5. 13. In this sense saith God to his Son, Sit at my right hand, Psal. 110. 1. The authority also and power which Christ hath over all, is3 hereby noted. For in this sense is this phrase oft used: as Psal. 9. 4. and 29. 10. and 47. 8. Rev. 21. 5.
This, He sate down, importeth high Honour, and a setled continuance therein. Sitting