This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 Excerpt: ...to the Galatians and Bomans, which treat of justification and predestination, in particular. But even in the last named epistle itself, the eighth and eleventh chapters were neither understood nor applied so well as the others; and it was just the same in every other part of Scripture, much as exegetical study on the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 Excerpt: ...to the Galatians and Bomans, which treat of justification and predestination, in particular. But even in the last named epistle itself, the eighth and eleventh chapters were neither understood nor applied so well as the others; and it was just the same in every other part of Scripture, much as exegetical study on the whole was invigorated by the Eeformation, and excellently as it was conducted espedaily by Calvin, who manifests the greatest and most unbiassed historical feeling and insight of them all. It was natural that only those chambers in the great temple of holy Scripture could be opened which the existing key fitted; but many must have remained altogether closed. Still more than this. Calvin's absolute doctrine of predestination is a proof how severely the neglect of the historic studies avenged itself. Because the ninth chapter of the Eomans was not understood in its connection with the two following chapters, that which the apostle said of the history of the kingdom of God on earth was transferred to eternal religious relationships; and thus that antiscriptural error was, if not originated, at least strengthened. And this way of treating Scripture exegesis was not only erroneous, but it wrested the meaning of Scripture. Because many expressions did not seem to agree with the adopted views, which yet could not be overlooked, they had either to question their authority, as Luther did with the Epistle of James, or, by doing violence to them, reduce them to harmony with their creed. This was how it fared in Calvin's hands with the passages' which declare the universality of grace, and the expressions in regard to the eating and drinking of the blood of Christ (John vi. etc.); and so with the whole of the Eeformation and old Protestant theology, for ex...
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