Commentary on the Epistle of Paul, the Apostle, to the Hebrews - Tapa blanda

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1872 edition. Excerpt: ... EPISTLE OF PAUL, THE APOSTLE, TO THE H E BREWS. CHAPTER I. VERSES 1 - 7. OUR HIGH PRIEST IS DIVINE. God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, 2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; 3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; 4 Being made so .much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. 5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son? 6 And again, when he bringeth in the first-begotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him. 7 And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire. THE apostle takes but little time in introducing his great theme. He refers to the foundation of his whole doctrine to be set forth in this epistle. He alludes to a great fact admitted by all Hebrews, viz. that their prophets were real prophets, whose words were divinely inspired. 1. God, who at sundry tl1nes and in divers manners spake in time 1 past unto the fathers by the prophets. Peshito: In many yays and many forms, God anciently conversed with our fathers, by the prophets; Wiclif: God that spoke sumtyme by profetis in many maners to our fadris; Tyndale and Cranmer: God in tyme past diversly and many ways spoke unto the fathers by Prophetis; McLean: God, who in sundry parts, and in various manners, spake...