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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 36: §. 36. Of the resolution of the three first verses.
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 Measure of that which was revealed. Then Gods will was revealed part by part: One part at one time, and an other at another. But under the Gospel all at once. 2. The Manner of revealing it: Then after divers manners: Under the Gospel after one constant manner. 3. The time: that was the old time, which was to be translated into an other; even a better time: This is styled the last days; which shall have no better after them in this world. 4. The Subject, or persons to whom the one and the other was delivered. The former were the Fathers, so called by reason of their antiquity: but yet children who were in bondage under the Elements of the world, Gal. 4. 3. The latter are comprised under this phrase, Unto Us: The least of whom is greater then the greatest of the Fathers, Matth. 11. 11. 5. The Ministers by whom the one and the other were delivered: The Law by Prophets: The Gospel by the Sonne.
The Measure of that which was revealed. Then Gods will was revealed part by part: One part at one time, and an other at another. But under the Gospel all at once. 2. The Manner of revealing it: Then after divers manners: Under the Gospel after one constant manner. 3. The time: that was the old time, which was to be translated into an other; even a better time: This is stiled the last dayes; which shall have no better after them in this world. 4. The Subject, or persons to whom the one and the other was delivered. The former were the Fathers, so called by reason of their antiquity: but yet children who were in bondage under the Elements of the world, Gal. 4. 3. The latter are comprised under this phrase, Unto Us: The least of whom is greater then the greatest of the Fathers, Matth. 11. 11. 5. The Ministers by whom the one and the other were delivered: The Law by Prophets: The Gospel by the Sonne.
The Amplification of the Comparison is by a description of the Son, and that