The Economy of the Covenants Between God and Man: Comprehending a Complete Body of Divinity ...Thomas Turnbull, 1803 - 470 pages The Economy of the Covenants Between God and Man: Comprehending a Complete Body of Divinity by Herman Witsius, first published in 1803, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it. |
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... sense of the text of- fers itself , though it be different from that of divines in gene- ral , let the reader judge of it for himself . " And in another place he says , " Let none refuse assenting to a new sense of sacred writ , because ...
... sense of the law , should , in the presence of the thousand , end their lives by the halter they wore : " as Polybius , a very grave author , relates in his history , book 12. c . 7. And if the Jews and Samaritans in . Egypt , each ...
... sense that Peter , I Pet . ii . 13. calls , power appointed by men , and for hu- man purposes , angwan xtion , the ordinance of man ; which , I think , Grotius has learnedly observed on the title of the New Testament . Others had rather ...
... sense is included the notion of a testament , or of a last irrevocable will . Thus God said , Numb . xviii . 19. " I have given thee and thy sons , and thy by a עילם היא לחם עילם בדית מלח daughters with thee a statute for ever : it is a ...
... sense , every thing that is honest , every thing that is true , every thing that is holy . " Secondly , Suppose we should distinguish rigate- ousness from holiness it , follows not , that it is to be distin- guished in this manner ; for ...