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Page vi
For though , in point of eloquence , I be inferior to many in the learned world , nay
, in respect of inerit , to many of my fellow citizens , especially those of my own
rank , yet I know of none , either in Holland or your British dominions , to whom I ...
For though , in point of eloquence , I be inferior to many in the learned world , nay
, in respect of inerit , to many of my fellow citizens , especially those of my own
rank , yet I know of none , either in Holland or your British dominions , to whom I ...
Page vii
It was not your prudence , in which , in other respects , you may vie with the Fabii
and the Scipios ; but , as others would say , your good fortune , or , what I reckon
a more religious way of speaking , God ' s own hand , that interposed between ...
It was not your prudence , in which , in other respects , you may vie with the Fabii
and the Scipios ; but , as others would say , your good fortune , or , what I reckon
a more religious way of speaking , God ' s own hand , that interposed between ...
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But I esteem much more dangerous the opinions of some men , in other respects
very learned , who deny that a covenant of works was made with Adam ; and will
scarce allow that by the death , with which he was threatened in case he sinned ...
But I esteem much more dangerous the opinions of some men , in other respects
very learned , who deny that a covenant of works was made with Adam ; and will
scarce allow that by the death , with which he was threatened in case he sinned ...
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But because he imagined there was still something wanting to the elegance of
his language , he proposed very soon to take a tour to France , and pay his
respects to the great men there , and at the same time have the pleasure of
hearing ...
But because he imagined there was still something wanting to the elegance of
his language , he proposed very soon to take a tour to France , and pay his
respects to the great men there , and at the same time have the pleasure of
hearing ...
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elegant Latin discourse , in the name of all the nobility , not only set forth the
praises of the new inspector , but also exhorted all the members of that college to
a due veneration for him , and to shew him all other becoming marks of respect .
elegant Latin discourse , in the name of all the nobility , not only set forth the
praises of the new inspector , but also exhorted all the members of that college to
a due veneration for him , and to shew him all other becoming marks of respect .
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2dly 3dly according actions Adam Apostle appears become beginning believers blessed blood body called cause certainly Christ church command concerning condition considered consists covenant covenant of grace creature death desire divine earth effect elect eternal evident explained expression faith Father give given glory God's Gospel grace hand happiness hath heart heaven holiness Jesus John judge justice justified knowledge learned least less live Lord manner means mind nature never obedience observed obtained offered Paul peace perfect perform person present promise prove Psal punishment reason received regeneration respect rest righteousness salvation satisfaction saved Scripture sense shew signifies sinner sins soul speak spirit sufferings surety Testament thee things thou tion tree true truth understand unto viii virtue whole writings
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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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