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. 1881 edition. Excerpt: ... own eternal purpose of redeeming merey. Riddlet 'Two eurses are mentioned by Paul. The onet 'Cursed is everyone that eontinueth not, ' ete. (ver. 10). That eurse lay on all mankind. The other t 'Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree' (ver. 13). This eurse Christ took that He might redeem us from 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. 1881 edition. Excerpt: ... own eternal purpose of redeeming merey. Riddlet 'Two eurses are mentioned by Paul. The onet 'Cursed is everyone that eontinueth not, ' ete. (ver. 10). That eurse lay on all mankind. The other t 'Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree' (ver. 13). This eurse Christ took that He might redeem us from the first. Hoth were eurses in and of the law. The one speeifies the guilt, the other the punishment. Christ bore the aeeursed punishment, and thus took away the aeeursed guilt. He stood for the every one who eontinueth not, by beeoming the very one who hung upon the tree.' Ver. 14. The blessing of Abraham, justifieation by faith and the whole Messianie salvation.--We, i. e., all Christians whether of Jewish or Gentile deseent.--Reeeive the promise of the Spirit, refers baek to ver. 2. 'After a wondrous ehain of arguments, expressed with equal foree, brevity, and profundity, the apostle eomes baek to the subjeet of ver-2; the gift of the Holy Ghost eame through faith in Jesus Christ.' (Kllieott.) emphatie, no others, in opposition to the selfrighteous men of the law. 'They whose starting-point, whose fundamental prineiple is faith.' Comp. Rom. ii, 8; iv. 14 (in Greek). Ver. S. TLv Seripture, personified, as in ver. 22, for the author of the Seripture.--Jostifteth, now when Paul wrote, and at all times. It is the normal present indirating the only way of God's justifiration, and sure aeeomplishment of his purpose.--Deelared beforehand the good tidings. Ibe promise to Abraham was an antieipation of the gospel, /. ', the good tidings of salvation by Christ.--In thee, as the spiritual father. Quotation from two passages (Gen. xii. 3, and xviii. 18), whith are fused into one. The blessing promised ineludes the whole Christian salvation, whirh implies...
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