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 ...

§. 132. Of the resolution of Heb. 9. 25, 26. And observations thence raised.

Vers. 25.

Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high Priest entereth in∣to the Holy place, every year with blood of others:

Vers. 26.

For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world, hath he appeared to put away sin by the Sacrifice of himself.

Vers. 25. TH•…•…se two verses set down another difference betwixt Christ, and le∣gall Priests. The difference is

• 1. Propounded v. 25.
• 2. Proved v. 26.

The difference, as propounded, consisteth in two things especially,

• 1. In the things offered, For Christ offered himself, but the high-Priest offered the blood of others.
• 2. In the time, for Christ did not offer himself often; but the high-Priest every year offered the blood of others. This latter part of the difference is am∣plified by the place, whereinto the high-Priest entered, here s•…•…iled, the Holy place.

Vers. 26. The proof is taken from the kind of Christs offering, which was a suf∣fering.

• 1. This is set down by way of supposition, then must he often have suffered; which is amplified in the time, since the foundation of the world.
• 2. An inference is made thereupon. The inference is thus expressed, he hath appeared. And it is enlarged,
  • 1. By the time, which admits a double consideration,
    • 1. One, that it was but once,
    • 2. The other, that it was, in the end of the world.
  • 2. By the end, to put away sin. This is illustrated by the means, whereby he put away sin, the Sacrifice of himself.

Doctrines.

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  I. Christ brought an offering.

  Vers. 25.

• II. The offering that Christ brought was himself. These two doctrines are here taken for granted. See §. 126.
• III. Christ did not often offer himself. This is here expressed. See §. 126.
• IV. Christ in not offering himself often, was unlike the legall high-Priest. The nega∣tive particle, nor, applyed to Christ, and the note of comparison, as, applied to the high-Priest, proves this point. See §. 127.
• V. There was an high-Priest under the law. See §. 127.
• VI. The high-Priest under the law entered into the tabernacle. That was the holy∣place here mentioned. See §. 127.
• VII. The legall Priest oft offered Sacrifice. Every year his solemne Sacrifice was offered up. See §. 127.
• VIII. The legal Priest appeared before God with blood. This is here intended un∣der this phrase, with the blood. See. §. 127.
• IX. The blood which the legal Priest carried before the Lord, was the blood of beasts. Under this word, others, beasts are understood. See §. 127.
• X. Christ offering himself was a suffering to death. This is raised from the meaning of this word, suffered, as it is inferred as a reason of Christs not offering himself. See §. 128.
• XI. Christ must not oft have suffered. This is here taken for granted. See §. 128.
• XII. There was but one Sacrifice of Christ, from the beginning of the world to the end. This is implyed under this phrase, since the foundation of the world. See §. 128.
• XIII. Christ hath conspicuously manifested himself. This world, appeared inten∣deth as much. See §. 130.
• XIV. Christ did but once come into the world. This word, once, hath reference to Christs appearing in the world. See §. 129.
• XV. Christ was exhibited in the end of the world. See §. 129.
• XVI. The best things are reserved to the last times. This followeth by just con∣sequence from the former doctrine: for by and with Christ, came the best things in∣to the world. See §. 130.
• XVII. The end of Christs appearing was to put away sin.
• XVIII. Sin was put away by a Sacrifice.
• XIX. The Sacrifice that put away sin was Christ himself. These three last do∣ctrines are plainly expressed. See §. 131.