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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 44: §. 44. Of the resolution of the 4th verse.
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§. 44. Of the resolution of the 4th verse.
IT was showed *before, That the excellency of the Gospel was much commended by the excellency of Christ, the Author and matter thereof. Thereupon the Apostle did set out Christs excellency to the life. This Point he prosecuteth in this and the verses following: so as the sum of all is, A proof of Christs excellency. This proof is by an argument of the greater compared with the less. The greater or more excellent, is Christ; the less or inferior are Angels. Now Angels are the most excellent of creatures: He therefore that is more excellent then they, must needs ⟨p. 34⟩be most excellent. The Argument may thus be framed;
IT was shewed *before, That the excellency of the Gospel was much commended by the excellency of Christ, the Author and matter thereof. Thereupon the Apostle did set out Christs excellency to the life. This Point he prosecuteth in this and the verses following: so as the summe of all is, A proof of Christs excellency. This proof is by an argument of the greater compared with the less. The greater or more excellent, is Christ; the less or inferior are Angels. Now Angels are the most excellent of creatures: He therefore that is more excellent then they, must needs ⟨p. 34⟩be most excellent. The Argument may thus be framed;
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