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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 23: §. 23. Of Christ above all to be considered.
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That weighty point which the Apostle would have them to consider is Christ himself. If any thing in the world be to be seriously considered, surely Christ above all, and that in his excellencies, Consider how great this man was, Heb. 7. 4. and in his meanness, Consider him that endured such contradiction, &c. Heb. 12. 3. yea in his humanity, and in the exaltation thereof, Remember that Jesus Christ, of the seed of David, was raised from the dead, 2 Tim. 2. 8. It is very observable that this remarkable note of consideration, Behold, is in Scripture oftener prefixed before the mysteries of Christ, and that both in the old and new Testament, then before any other one mystery whatsoever.
THat weighty point which the Apostle would have them to consider is Christ himself. If any thing in the world be to be seriously considered, surely Christ above all, and that in his excellencies, Consider how great this man was, Heb. 7. 4. and in his meanness, Consider him that endured such contradiction, &c. Heb. 12. 3. yea in his humanity, and in the exaltation thereof, Remember that Iesus Christ, of the seed of David, was raised from the dead, 2 Tim. 2. 8. It is very observable that this remarkable note of consideration, Behold, is in Scripture oftner prefixed before the mysteries of Christ, and that both in the old and new Testament, then before any other one mystery whatsoever.
The dignity of Christs person, the admirable union of his two natures, the excellency1 of his Offices, his low descent for our sakes, the extent of his sufferings, his full conquest over all our enemies, his glorious exaltation, and the incomparable benefits that we reap by Christ, are all very forcible motives to stir us up to consider him.