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Page 58
4thly , Nor can it be affirmed , that after the breach of love , or , which is the same
thing , after the entrance of sin , that then it was the law was superadded ; seeing
sin itself is avquse the transgression of the law . 5thly , Nor is love rendered less ...
4thly , Nor can it be affirmed , that after the breach of love , or , which is the same
thing , after the entrance of sin , that then it was the law was superadded ; seeing
sin itself is avquse the transgression of the law . 5thly , Nor is love rendered less ...
Page 60
In the law of God , since the entrance of sin , we are to consider two things . Ist ,
The rule and direction to submission . 2dly ; The power of bridling and restraining
by terror and fear , and lastly , of justly condemning . When therefore the Apostle
...
In the law of God , since the entrance of sin , we are to consider two things . Ist ,
The rule and direction to submission . 2dly ; The power of bridling and restraining
by terror and fear , and lastly , of justly condemning . When therefore the Apostle
...
Page 69
therefore , most certainly infer , that man had no occasion to be afraid of losing
that happiness , as long as he kept himself from sin . 7thly , By this assertion of
our adversaries , according to their own hypotheses , all the religion of the first
man ...
therefore , most certainly infer , that man had no occasion to be afraid of losing
that happiness , as long as he kept himself from sin . 7thly , By this assertion of
our adversaries , according to their own hypotheses , all the religion of the first
man ...
Page 78
17 . ” for in the day that thou eatest thereof ( the tree of knowledge of good and
evil ) , thou shalt surely die . ” II . Several things are here to be distinctly noted . '
Ist . That all that God here threatens is the consequence and punishment of sin ,
to ...
17 . ” for in the day that thou eatest thereof ( the tree of knowledge of good and
evil ) , thou shalt surely die . ” II . Several things are here to be distinctly noted . '
Ist . That all that God here threatens is the consequence and punishment of sin ,
to ...
Page 79
6thly , That on the very day the sin should be committed , punishment should be
inflicted on man ; justice required this , and it has been verified by the event . For
in the very moment when man sinned he became obnoxious to death , and ...
6thly , That on the very day the sin should be committed , punishment should be
inflicted on man ; justice required this , and it has been verified by the event . For
in the very moment when man sinned he became obnoxious to death , and ...
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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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