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 ...

§. 71. Of the Resolution of Heb. 3. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

• 2. Who was faithfull to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithfull in all his house.
• 3. For this man was counted worthy of more glory then Moses, in as much as he who hath builded the house hath more honour then the house.
• 4. For every house is builded by some man, but he that built all things is God.
• 5. And Moses verily was faithfull in all his house as a Servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after.
• 6. But Christ as a Son over his own house, whose house are we, if we hold fast the confi∣dence, and the rejoycing of the hope firm unto the end.

THe Summe of all these verses is, A Description of Christs faithfulnesse in the execution of his Prophetical Office.

This is set down,

• 1. Simply.
• 2. Comparatively.

In the simple expression, there is* 1.1

• 1. An affirmation of the Point, Who was faithfull.
• 2. A declaration of the person to whom he was faithfull, To him that appointed 〈◊〉〈◊〉.

The comparison whereby the Point is amplified, is betwixt Christ and Moses. This is set out two wayes:

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  1. By similitude in the later part of the second verse.

  Of the similitude, the Proposition, or former part is thus expressed, Moses was faithful in all his house.

  The reddition, or later part is intimated by the inference of that Proposition 〈◊〉〈◊〉 that which went before, and that by this note of similitude, AS.

  In the Proposition three distinct points are set down,

  • 1. The Person with whom Christ is compared, Moses.
  • 2. The Point wherein they are compared, Faithfull.
  • 3. The place in which that faithfulnesse was shewed.

  This is set forth,

  • 1. By the kinde of Place, House.
  • 2. By the Lord thereof, HIS.
  • 3. By the extent, ALL.
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  2. Christ and Moses are compared by Dissimilitude.* 1.2

  This is,

  • 1 Generally propounded,
  • 2. Particularly exemplified.

In the General is noted,

• 1. The Persons between whom the Dissimilitude is, This man (who is Christ) and Moses.
• 2. The matter of the Dissimilitude. Here observe
  • 1. What that matter was, Glory.
  • 2. The grounds thereof, Counted worthy.

The particular exemplification is by two pair of Relatives, one a Builder, and•…•… house, v. 3, 4.

The other a Son, and a Servant, v. 5, 9.

The former concerning the Builder, and an house, is

• 1. Propounded, v. 3.
• 2. Proved, v. 4.

In the Proposition are expressed,

• 1. Both parts of the dissimilitude, He that built, and the house.
• 2. The matter wherein they are unlike, Honour. In this phrase, Hath more 〈◊〉〈◊〉,

In the proof two things are confirmed,* 1.3

• 1. That Moses was an house built.
• 2. That Christ was the builder.

Each of these are confirmed by a general case taken for grant.

The first case granted is this, Every house is builded by some man. Hence it follow∣eth that Moses (who was at least a part of an house) was builded.

The other case granted is this, He that built all things is God. Hence it follow•…•…, that Christ (who is God) built Moses.

The other pair of Relatives (which is of a Son and a Servant) is largely set do•…•…,* 1.4 v. 5, 6.

The later Relative is first described, v. 5. Herein is

• 1. A repetition of what was before asserted.
• 2. An Addition.

Three things are repeated,

• 1. The Person, Moses.
• 2. The Point wherein he was commended, Faithful.
• 3. The Place, with the Lord, and the extent hereof, In all his house.

Two things are added,

• 1. The Correlative, wherein consists another dissimilitude, Servant.
• 2. The End why he was a Servant. Here are noted
  • 1. The kinde of End, For a Testimony.
  • 2. The Matter thereof, Of those things which were to be spoken after.

The former Relative concerning the Son is,

• 1. Propounded,
• 2. Expounded▪* 1.5

In the Proposition,

• 1. The Son here meant is named Christ.
• 2. The House over which he ruleth, is thus limited, his own.

In the Exposition there is,

• 1. A Declaration of the Point, Whose house are we.
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• 2. A Limitation thereof.

The Limitation is,

• 1. In this conditional Particle, IF.
• 2. Exemplified.

In the Exemplification there is,

• 1. An Act required.
• 2. The Subject matter of that act.

The Act is set forth,

• 1. By the kinde of it, Holdfast.
• 2. By the manner of performing it, firm.
• 3. By continuance therein, Unto the end.

The subject matter consists of two branches,

• 1. Confidence.
• 2. Hope.

The later is amplified by an effect thereof, Rejoycing.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Verse 2.
• * 1.2

  Vers. 3.
• * 1.3

  Vers. 4.
• * 1.4

  Vers. 5.
• * 1.5

  Vers. 6.