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Page 15
And I have never sought after any inaccurate word , harsh phrase , or crude
expression , in order to criticize on them ; esteeming it much better , to point out
how far all the orthodox agree , and how the more improper ways of expression
may ...
And I have never sought after any inaccurate word , harsh phrase , or crude
expression , in order to criticize on them ; esteeming it much better , to point out
how far all the orthodox agree , and how the more improper ways of expression
may ...
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... as they sometimes soften the expression , chiefly were satisfactory ; excluding
by this means his sorrows in the garden , the sentence passed on him both by the
Jewish council , and the Roman governor , the stripes with which his body was ...
... as they sometimes soften the expression , chiefly were satisfactory ; excluding
by this means his sorrows in the garden , the sentence passed on him both by the
Jewish council , and the Roman governor , the stripes with which his body was ...
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The streams of divinity are pure : they rise only from the fountain of sacred
learning , and should be defiled with none of the impure waters of the ancient or
modern philosophy . Let us abstain from harsh and unusual expressions , and
from ...
The streams of divinity are pure : they rise only from the fountain of sacred
learning , and should be defiled with none of the impure waters of the ancient or
modern philosophy . Let us abstain from harsh and unusual expressions , and
from ...
Page 19
Ca . jetan , who is commended by our Chameir , has not badly expressed himself
on this head : “ If a new sense of the text ... let not any one inconsiderately on this
pretence , withhold his assent to such forms of expression which are taken from ...
Ca . jetan , who is commended by our Chameir , has not badly expressed himself
on this head : “ If a new sense of the text ... let not any one inconsiderately on this
pretence , withhold his assent to such forms of expression which are taken from ...
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Let no one who has in general expressed the truth in eloquent language , be
heinously censured on account of an improper word , or harsh expression which
has slipped from his pen : “ Poison does not lie hid in syllables ; nor does truth ...
Let no one who has in general expressed the truth in eloquent language , be
heinously censured on account of an improper word , or harsh expression which
has slipped from his pen : “ Poison does not lie hid in syllables ; nor does truth ...
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Page 409 - Gentiles, knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law : _ for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
Page 70 - But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
Page 308 - And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
Page 138 - These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth, when they were created ; in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens...
Page 205 - But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith : 27 To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever.
Page 452 - Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee ; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men...
Page 121 - And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
Page 329 - According as he hath chosen us in him, before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love. Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
Page 40 - And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, which have not performed the words of the covenant which they had made before me, when they cut the calf in twain, and passed between the parts thereof...
Page 272 - It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the ends of the earth.
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| Title | The Economy of the Covenants Between God and Man: Comprehending a Complete Body of Divinity ... Volume 1 of The Economy of the Covenants Between God and Man: Comprehending a Complete Body of Divinity, William Crookshank |
| Author | Herman Witsius |
| Translated by | William Crookshank |
| Publisher | Thomas Turnbull, 1803 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 12 Jul 2006 |
| Length | 470 pages |
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