On a general note, having spent time this evening reading more, I am comfortable with the venerable Dr Gill's exposition, and I do believe that is the reasonable way to reconcile verses 2 and 7. Verse 7 is an answer to verse 2, that much is obvious.

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Jonathan Hunt

Preaching Elder
Cheltenham Evangelical Free Church (Confessionally Based)
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

Logic is a systematic method of coming to the wrong conclusion with confidence.
-- Thomas Elsworth