The Economy of the Covenants Between God and Man: Comprehending a Complete Body of Divinity ...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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... glory , an envious disposition of mind , a detestable desire of widening the wounds already made in the churches , the odious pleasure of blackening another's char- acter , by giving a wrong turn to what is really right ; nor last- ly ...
... glory . Let no one , of however great name , by his authority bind the free consciences of the faithful : but , as Clemens Romanus once said , " Let the truth be taken from the scriptures them- selves ; " by these alone it should stand ...
... glory and seeming importance , though the cause of God be made the pre- tence for them . Let some liberty also be given to learned men , in explain- ing texts of scripture , in the choice of arguments for the de- fence of the common ...
... hesitation to explain the most difficult . Nor did he , in this case , rest on any man's authority ; most rightly judging such a conduct to to be inconsistent with the divine glory of the christian 32 Life of the Author .
... glory of the most unspotted goodness of God . But in these following particu- lars they differ . 1st , The character or relation of God and man , in the covenant of works , is different from what it is in the covenant of grace . In the ...