The Works of the REV. William Bridge, M.A. (Volume 4 ); Now First Collected.cWilliam Bridge
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Author: William Bridge
Number of Pages: 174 pages
Published Date: 03 Feb 2012
Publisher: General Books
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781235660726
File size: 10 Mb
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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. 1845. Excerpt: ... SERMON XII. THE GOOD AND MEANS OF ESTABLISHMENT. Preached At Stepney, January 6, 1655. " But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered awhile, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you."--1 Pktbr V. 10. Some think these words are spoken in the way of a promise from God; others think they are spoken in the way of a desire and prayer to God.f They are a promise, say some, because they are brought in to comfort and relieve these dispersed saints against the temptations of Satan and opposition of the world, which the apostle had mentioned in the former verses (8 and 9), as also because those words, " perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you," are found in some books in the future tense of the indicative mood, to be read thus: " Shall perfect, stablish, strengthen and settle you;"f but I find the copies ordinarily to give them in the optative. Beza tells us that all our books, excepting three, do read these words in the optative mood. And Estius, though the vulgar latin renders them in the future tense of the indicative, saith that all such copies are of less credit, and that although the words should be in the future tense, it comes all to the same reckoning; forasmuch as the Hebrews, whom the New Testament follows much, do ordinarily put futures for optatives as well as for preceptives. So Num. xx. 17, we translate the words thus: " Let us, I pray thee, pass through thy country;" and yet the word in the Hebrew is in the future tense: " We will pass through," &c. So Jer. xl. 15, we read, ." Let me go, I pray thee, and I will smite Ishmael;" and yet the word in the Hebrew is, " I will go and smite Ishmael."f So that according to the Hebrew, the future is ordinarily put for the o...
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