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Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of…
Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of Jesus as carrying on the great work of mans salvation from first to last / by Isaac Ambrose ...
London: printed for Richard Chiswel, 1680
Book 3 › Chapter 1 › Section 5: Of the Covenant of Promise, as manifested to David.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
5. How is the Covenant said to be ordered? The word ordered will help us in the Answer: it sets out to us a marshalling, and fit laying of things together, in opposition to disorder and confusion; the Septuagint renders it [Greek or Hebrew], which signifies marshalled, disposed, prepared, set forth, as an Army in comely order: the same word is in Judg. 20.22.1 And the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set their Battle again in array. As we see in an Army, every one is set in rank and file; so is every thing in this Covenant ranked, disposed, ordered, that it stands at best advantage to receive and repel the enemy: a poor Christian that hath a troubled spirit, he sets himself against Free Grace and this everlasting Covenant, he raiseth thousands of objections against it; but now the covenant is ordered, it stands like a marshalled Army to receive him, and repel him. Come, let us see how it is ordered in all things. I shall instance only in these particulars: As, —
5. How is the Covenant said to be ordered? The word ordered will help us in the Answer: it sets out to us a marshalling, and fit laying of things together, in opposition to disorder and confusson; the Septuagint renders it 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, which signifies marshalled, disposed, prepared, set forth, as an Army in comely order: the same word is in Judg. 20.22.1 And the men of Israel incouraged themseves, and set their Battle again in array. As we see in an Army, every one is set in rank and file; so is every thing in this Covenant ranked, disposed, ordered, that it stands at best advantage to receive and repel the enemy: a poor Christian that hath a troubled spirit, he sets himself against Free Grace and this everlasting Covenant, he raiseth thousands of objections against it; but now the covenant is ordered, it stands like a marshall'd Army to receive him, and repel him. Come, let us see how it is ordered in all things. I shall instance only in these particulars: As, —
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