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<p class="tab-1">The apostle, in this chapter, applies what he has collected in the chapter foregoing, and makes use of it as a great motive to patience and perseverance in the Christian faith and state, pressing home the argument, I. From a greater example than he had yet mentioned, and that is Christ himself, <a class="bibleref" title="Heb.12.1-Heb.12.3" href="/passage/?search=Heb.12.1-Heb.12.3">Heb. 12:1-3</a>. II. From the gentle and gracious nature of the afflictions they endured in their Christian course, <a class="bibleref" title="Heb.12.4-Heb.12.17" href="/passage/?search=Heb.12.4-Heb.12.17">Heb. 12:4-17</a>. III. From the communion and conformity between the state of the gospel-church on earth and the triumphant church in heaven, <a class="bibleref" title="Heb.12.18-Heb.12.29" href="/passage/?search=Heb.12.18-Heb.12.29">Heb. 12:18-29</a>.</p>
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