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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 Title is attributed to the Son of God in regard of his Natures and Person.
This Title is attributed to the Sonne of God in regard of his Natures and Person.
1. In relation to his divine nature, He is the first-begotten of God, in regard of1 the eternity of his Son-ship; Thus is he styled the first-born of every creature, Col. 1. 14. that is, begotten before any creature was made, even eternally: He is said to be born or begotten, to set out his divine nature (being the very same with the Father, whereas all creatures are made;) and first-born or first-begotten, to show that he was before all, even eternal; And thus is he also the only begotten Son of God, Joh. 3. 16. 2. In relation to his humane nature, he is said to be the first-born of his mother the Virgin Mary, Mat. 1. 25. for he first opened her womb; yea, he was the first that ever was conceived of the holy Ghost, and born of a Virgin. 3. In regard of his person consisting of two natures, God and man hypostatically united together, he is said to be the first-born from the dead, Col. 1. 18. or the first-begotten of the dead, Rev. 1. 5. For as man he died, as God he raised himself from the dead, Rom. 1. 4. He is said to be the first-begotten of the dead in respect of honour and order.
1. In relation to his divine nature, He is the first-begotten of God, in regard of1