 | Hosea Ballou - Sermons, American - 1818 - 480 pages
...more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who buildeth the house hath more honor than the house. He hath obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also...covenant, which was established upon better promises." By the same " oath," by which Jesus was constituted " a priest, forever, after the order of Melchizedec,"... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - Theology, Doctrinal - 1818 - 632 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... | |
 | Thomas Hannam - Preaching - 1818 - 328 pages
...EXCELLENCY AND ADVANTAGES OF THE CHR1ST1ANDISPENSATIONWITH THE INVITATIONS AND PROMISES OF THE GOSPEL. He it the Mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.— Heb. viii. 6. THIS better covenant, which the apostle here commends, is the Christian religion, or... | |
 | Theology, Doctrinal - 1819 - 488 pages
...gifts and sacrifices ; wherefore, it is of necessity, that this man have somewhat also to offer b. But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry,...better covenant, which was established upon better promises0. If the ministration of death written and engraven in stones, was glorious; so that the children... | |
 | sir Adam Gordon (bart.) - 1819 - 440 pages
...theirs, as we see proved by St. Paul (Heb. viii. 6 — 8), in the following passage: In that Christ hath obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also...Mediator of a better covenant, which was established in better promises. And to confirm this doctrine, the Apostle repeats, from the Prophet Jeremiah (xxxi.... | |
 | Christianity - 1819 - 818 pages
...brightest ornaments in the character of his disciples." P. 3-22. In the three sermons upon Heb. viii. 6. " He is the Mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises," the Jewish dispensation '.- briefly reviewed ; and a recapitulation is then made of all those points... | |
 | Infant baptism - 1820 - 230 pages
...which Moses mediated, than that given to the Jews — verses 6th & 7th, he says, " But now he hath obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also...should no place have been sought for the second." On these words observe, the Apostle declares that the reason why a new and better covenant was given,... | |
 | Peace - 1821 - 388 pages
...11. 'was done away;' and the new law, ver. 9. 'the ministration of righteousness.' In Heb. viii. 7 'For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been found for the second.' Again, Heb. ix. 9, 10. The first covenant ' was a figure for the time then present,... | |
 | Hosea Ballou - 1822 - 362 pages
...of life and peace, was such, because it was a figure of a better covenant, mentioned Heb. viii. 6. "But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry,...covenant,. •which was established upon better promises." The priesthood of the law had power to make an atonement for sin in a figurative sense, for the high... | |
 | E. J. Burrow - 1822 - 606 pages
...whom ye delight in : behold he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts. Heb. viii. 6. 13. But now he hath obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also...covenant, which was established upon better promises. In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old,... | |
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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. 
