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The quarrel of the covenant, with the pacification of the quarrel. Delivered in three…The quarrell of the covenant, with the pacification of the quarrell. Delivered in three…
The quarrel of the covenant, with the pacification of the quarrel. Delivered in three sermons on Levit. 26. 25. and Jere. 50. 5. / By Thomas Case, preacher of the Word in Milk-street, London; and one of the Assembly of Divines.The quarrell of the covenant, with the pacification of the quarrell. Delivered in three sermons on Levit. 26. 25. and Jere. 50. 5. / By Thomas Case, preacher of the Word in Milk-street, London; and one of the Assembly of Divines.
London: printed for Luke Fawne, 1643
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Sermons › Sermon 1: The first Sermon Preached at Laurence Church, on the Fast-day, Septem. 27. 1643.
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.
Thirdly, A third reason, why Covenant-profanation is matter of so high a quarrel, is taken from the Form of it, which is, an Oath, an Oath on both sides. The Creature swears by God, and God swears by himself: This is the Form or Seal of Covenants, between men and men. So Jacob when he made a Covenant with his Uncle Laban, sware by the fear of his father Isaac. Gen. 31.53. i. e. That is Objective!
Thirdly, A third reason, why Covenant-prophanation is matter of so high a quarrell, is taken from the Forme of it, which is, an Oath, an Oath on both sides. The Creature swears by God, and God swears by himself: This is the Forme or Seal of Covenants, between men and men. So Jacob when he made a Covenant with his Uncle Laban, sware by the fear of his father Isaac. Gen. 31.53. i. e. That is Objective!
By the God whom his father Isaac f•ared.
So Jonathan and David sware mutually by the name of God.