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 ...
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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 ...
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Gouge, William, 1578-1653.
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London :: Printed by A.M., T.W. and S.G. for Joshua Kirton,
1655.
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Bible. -- N.T. -- Hebrews -- Commentaries.
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"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 ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A41670.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 6, 2024.
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§ 4. Of the difference betwixt Love and Brotherly-love.
THe difference betwixt Love and brotherly-love consisteth in three things especi∣ally,
1. The Object.
2. The Subject matter.
3. The Bond.
1. The object of love is of a larger extent then the object of brotherly-love.
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...That extendeth it self to all (not aliens or enemies excepted) Matth. 5. 44. This only to those that professe the faith: as the word [brother] implieth.
2. The Subject matter containeth the duties that the one or the other requireth. In this respect the subject matter of brotherly-love is larger then of love. For there is no duty that love requireth to be performed of another, but brotherly-love re∣quireth the same to be performed to a brother. Yet brotherly-love requireth many duties to be done to a brother, which love requireth notto be performed to all. For love requireth none to cast holy things to dogs; nor pearls before swine, Matth. 7. 6. Where the Apostle saith (1 Cor. 5. 12.) What have I to do to •…•…udge them also that are without? Do not ye judge them that are within? He plainly sheweth, that many duties that are to be performed to a Professor, are not to be performed to such as are with∣out; that is, to such as professe not the Gospel.
3. The Bond, whereby brotherly-love knits Professors together, is stronger then the common bond of love. In this respect the Apostle puts an emphasis upon doing good to the brotherhood, Gal. 6. 10. Let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the houshold of faith. Thus Christ himself distinguisheth betwixt those that are within and without: For he is the Saviour of all men, especially of those that believe, 1 Tim. 4. 10.
These differences shew, that the excellency lieth upon brotherly-love.
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