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 ...

§. 162. Of the resolution of Heb. 6. 19. 20.

THe sum of these two verses is, A description of Christian hope.

Of the description there are two parts.

One setteth out the use of hope.

The other the qualities of it.

The use of hope is manifested in a metaphor: which is,

• 1. Propounded.
• 2. Amplified.

The metaphor, as propounded, is in this word, Anchor.

It is amplified, by the kind thereof, in this word, soul, which sheweth it to be spi∣rituall

2. By the interest we have therein, in this word, we have.

The qualities are

• 1. Expressed.
• 2. Confirmed.

They are expressed in two Epithites, Sure and stedfast:

They are confirmed by the place whereon that Anchor of the soul is setled.

That place is, 1. Generally propounded, 2. Particularly exemplified.

In the generall there is noted,

• 1. An Act, which entred.
• 2. A type, whereby the place was prefigured, That within the vaile.

Verse 20. The exemplification of the place, is, by Christ entring thereinto.

In this there is,

• 1. An expression of the act it selfe, (is entred) Illustrates, by the end thereof, for us.
• 2. A description of the person who entred.

The person is described,

• 1. By his proper name, Iesus.
• ...

  2. By his functions, which are two:

  One a fore-runner. The other a Priest.

The later function is set out,

• 1. By the warrant he had to excercise it, in this word, made.
• 2. By the eminency of his office, High-Priest.
• 3. By the perpetuity of it, For ever.
• 4. By the distinct order of it, after the orders of Melchesidec.