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 ...

§. 22. Of the meaning of Heb. 10. 8.

Heb. 10. 8, 9.

Vers. 8.

Above when he said, sacrifice and offering, and burnt-Offerings, and O•…•…∣ferings for sin thou wouldst not, neither hadst pleasure therein, which are offered by the Law:

V. 9.

Then said he, Loe I come to do thy will, O God: He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.

FOr the better application of the foresaid testimony, the Apostle repeateth it in the very words thereof: as Logicians use to repeat their arguments, that it may 〈◊〉〈◊〉 evidently appear, how fitly and justly the conclusion is inferred upon the proof.

Of repeating the same point, see chap. 3. v. 15. §. 158.

The first word translated a 1.1 above hath reference to a precedency or going be∣fore. For such points as are delivered before others, use to be above them: as, in a 〈◊〉〈◊〉 (whereof see §. 21.) That which is first written, is above that which after fol∣loweth in the same roule: In this word, above, he hath reference to that which was set down, v. 6, 7. as is evident by the words following, which are the same that were se•…•… down.

This phrase, when he said, (or word for word b 1.2 saying) hath reference to Christ; for it is he that uttered the words following.

Of the four distinct kinds of oblations here set down, 1. Sacrifice. 2. Offering. 3. Burnt-Offerings. 4. Offerings for sin, see §. 16. Under these, all the external means, which under the Law were used to free men from sin, are comprized. Concerning all which, it is said in reference to God, thou wouldst not, neither hadst pleasure therein. This sheweth, that God regarded them not, but rather rejected them. Of the mean∣ing of these two phrases, and the difference betwixt them, see §. 16.

This phrase, which are offered by the Law, or according to the Law, is here added* 1.3 by the Apostle; for it is neither in the Psalm, nor in the former verses, wherein the foresaid testimony is quoted. It is pertinently inserted, to meet with an objection, which may be this, The forementioned sacrifices were offered by the Law, or by Gods own appointment: how then can it be imagined, that God should reject them?

To prevent that Objection, the Apostle here granteth, that they were offered by the Law: yet by inserting this clause, he implyeth a non obstante: notwithstanding that Law, God rejected them.

Of the meaning of this phrase, according to the Law, see chap. 7. v. 5. §. 38.

In what respect God rejected legal types, notwithstanding the Law, whereby they were ordained, see chap. 4. v. 8. §. 50. & chap. 7. v. 16. §. 81.

Notes

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