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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.
This verse therefore is a Transition from the general to the particulars; for it followeth as a just consequence and necessary conclusion from the premises; and it is premised as the principal Proposition of all that followeth in this Chapter.
This verse therefore is a Transition from the geneal to the particulars; for it followeth as a just consequence and necessary conclusion from the premises; and it is premised as the principal Proposition of all that followeth in this Chapter.
The Excellency of Christs Person is the principal point proved from this verse to the end of this Chapter; and that by an argument of unequals. The inequality is betwixt Christ and Angels: He is infinitely preferred before them.
The Apostle in the former verses, proved Christ to be more excellent then the excellentest men; even such as God extraordinarily inspired with his holy Spirit; and to whom he immediately revealed his will, that they might make it known to ⟨p. 31⟩others: Such were the Patriarchs, Prophets, and the Heads of the People. But these as all other men, notwithstanding their excellencies, were on earth, mortal. Therefore he ascendeth higher, and •ulleth out, the celestial and immortal spirits which are called Angels.
The Apostle in the former verses, proved Christ to be more excellent then the excellentest men; even such as God extraordinarily inspired with his holy Spirit; and to whom he immediately revealed his will, that they might make it known to ⟨p. 31⟩