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An humble inquiry into the rules of the Word of God, concerning the qualifications…
An humble inquiry into the rules of the Word of God, concerning the qualifications requisite to a complete standing and full communion in the visible Christian church. By Jonathan Edwards, A.M. Pastor of the First Church in Northampton. ; With an appendix by Mr. Foxcroft. ; [Ten lines of quotations]An humble inquiry into the rules of the Word of God, concerning the qualifications requisite to a compleat standing and full communion in the visible Christian church. By Jonathan Edwards, A.M. Pastor of the First Church in Northampton. ; With an appendix by Mr. Foxcroft. ; [Ten lines of quotations]
Boston: : Printed & sold by S. Kneeland in Queenstreet, 1749
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An Inquiry into the Qualifications for full Communion in the visibl… › Part 2
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*And particularly God's Covenant is called his Oath. Deut. xxix. 12. That thou Shouldst enter into Covenant with the Lord thy God, and into his Oath. Ver.14, Neither with you only do I make this Covenant and this Oath. 1 Chron.xvi.15, 16. Be ye mindful always of his Covenant—Even of the Covenant which he made with Abraham, and his Oath unto Isaac—2 Chron. xv. 12. And they entered into Covenant to seek the Lord God of their Fathers.— ver. 14, 15. And they swore unto the Lord with a loud Voice. And all Judah rejoiced at the Oath. Swearing to the Lord, or Swearing in, or into the Name of the Lord, are equipollent Expressions in the Bible: the Prefixes Beth and Lamed are evidently used indifferently in this Case to signify the same Thing. Zeph. 1. 5. ⟨p. 25⟩That swear by the Lord, and that swear by Malcham. The Word translated, to the Lord, is Laihovah, with the Prefix Lamed; but to Malcham is Bemalcham with the Prefix Beth, into Malcham. In […] King. xviii. 32. 'Tis said, Elijah built an Altar in the Name of the Lord; Beshem. Here the Prefix Beth is manifestly of the same Force with Lamed in 1 Kings viii.44. The House I have built for thy Name or to thy Name, Leshem.
*And particularly God's Covenant is called his Oath. Deut. xxix. 12. That thou Shouldst enter into Covenant with the Lord thy God, and into his Oath. Ver.14, Neither with you only do I make this Covenant and this Oath. 1 Chron.xvi.15, 16. Be ye mindful always of his Covenant—Even of the Covenant which he made with Abraham, and his Oath unto Isaac—