 | E. J. Burrow - 1822 - 546 pages
...of God in him are yea, and in him amen, unto the glory of God by us. SECTION IV. Heb. viii. 7. 13. For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second. In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made thefirtt old. Now that which decayeth, and waxeth old,... | |
 | Hervey Wilbur - Catechisms, English - 1823 - 144 pages
...have such a high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens. But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry,...covenant, which was established upon better promises. For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant... | |
 | Theology - 1822 - 500 pages
...hand. Does any one ask the reason why he was pleased to introduce it ? Our only reply is, " That if the first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second." This dispensation was designed for the earlier ages of the world. Life and immortality were not yet... | |
 | Eliphalet Wheeler Gilbert - Sermons, American - 1823 - 30 pages
...so now, when we, wretched sinners, are our own surelies ! And yet the apostle says of Christ, that " He is the mediator of a better covenant which was established upon better promises," Heb. viii. 6,— if better than the Sinai covenant, (which contained some promises of grace,) infinitely... | |
 | 1923 - 662 pages
...instead of blasting the rebels at once to hell ' Christ, by His voluntary sufferings, has become " the Mediator of a better Covenant, which was established upon better promises." The substance of this New Covenant, (formed by the " Three that bear record in heaven,") was, That... | |
 | George Beaumont (minister at Norwich.) - 1824 - 168 pages
...For there is one God and one Mediator between God and .man, the man Christ Jesus." (I. Tim. ii. 5.) " But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry,...covenant, which was established upon better promises." (Heb. viii. 6.) And for this cause he is the Mediator of the New Testament, that by means of death,... | |
 | Bible - 1824 - 462 pages
...for, See (saith he) that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount. 6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry,...covenant, which was established upon better promises. 7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.... | |
 | Charles Richard Sumner - Bible - 1824 - 474 pages
...give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.' ' Now hath Christ obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also...covenant, which was established upon better promises. For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house, hath... | |
 | Russell Streeter - Installation sermons - 1824 - 36 pages
...to the last particulars under this proposition. 3. The mediatorial character of Jesus Christ. " For now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by...Mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon bet*lü promises. There is one God, and one Mediatof between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.'' But... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - Theology - 1824 - 636 pages
...ordinances,' argues this fact also at length, as declared by the Prophet Jeremiah. ' For,' saith he, ' if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second. But finding fault, he saith, Behold the days come, saith the Lord, when I will complete a new covenant... | |
| |
But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises. 
