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8 Of The Part Which The Father Takes In The Covenant
A Body Of Doctrinal Divinity, John Gill The various parts which each contracting Party take in this covenant, are next to be considered. The Father, the first person in the Trinity, takes the first place, and gives the lead in this covenant. “All things are of God”, that is, of God the Father; they are of him originally, they begin…
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9 Of The Part Which The Son Takes In The Covenant
A Body Of Doctrinal Divinity, John Gill The part which the Son of God takes, and the place and office he has in the covenant of grace, are next to be considered. Christ has so great a concern in the covenant, that he is said to be the Covenant itself; “I will give thee for a Covenant of the people”,…
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10 Of The Part Which The Spirit Takes In The Covenant
A Body Of Doctrinal Divinity, John Gill Having considered the parts which the Father and the Son have taken in the covenant, the part which the Holy Spirit has in it is next to be treated of; who was not a mere bystander, spectator, and witness of this solemn transaction, compact, and agreement, between the Father and the Son, but…
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The New Covenant And The Blood Of Sprinkling
A Sermon Preached By Joseph Philpot At North Street Chapel, Stamford, on Lord's Day Morning, March 31, 1861 "And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel." Hebrews 12:24 In the two verses immediately preceding our text, the apostle holds up to our view a rich…
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January 5—Morning Devotion
"I am my beloved's, and his desire is towards me."—Solomom 7:10 Yes, dearest Jesus! I am truly thine, by every tie which can make me thine. I am thine by the gift of GOD the FATHER; by thine own betrothing me to thyself; by the HOLY GHOST anointing me in thee, and making me one with thee, and in thee,…
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95 Error
ERROR A mistake of our judgment, giving assent to that which is not true. Mr. Locke reduces the causes of error to four. 1. Want of proofs.--2. Want of ability to use them.--3. Want of will to use them.--4. Wrong measures of probability. In a moral and scriptural sense it signifies sin.
