 | Youth - 1829 - 262 pages
...better covenant, which was established with man, by the death of Christ ; who, as St. Paul says, " is the mediator of a better 'covenant, which was established upon better promises." He came into the world 'to teach the purest doctrines, to set us a .perfect example of unsinning obedience... | |
 | Morning watch - 1830 - 814 pages
...testament, else we lose the opposition ; and let us observe how the quotation is introduced, Heb. viii. 6, " But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better testament." As was the ministry, so was the testament ; both were typical subindications of heavenly... | |
 | Richard Baxter - Theology - 1830 - 618 pages
...is, they are asserted or made in him, and they are ratified, and shall be fulfilled in him. " He hath obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also...Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises ;" Heb. viii. 6. And those that are better cannot be less sure. It is the sure mercies... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1830 - 616 pages
...is, they are asserted or made in him, and they are ratified, and shall be fulfilled in him. " He hath obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also...Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises ;" Heb. viii. 6. And those that are better cannot be less sure. It is the sure mercies... | |
 | Alexander Viets Griswold - Sermons, American - 1830 - 492 pages
...the Messiah appeared, and he fulfilled the law and the prophets; and as the apostle says, " he hath obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the Mediator of a better covenant, which is established upon better promises;" or still more briefly, he has " brought life and immortality... | |
 | Alfred Addis - Prophecy - 1830 - 602 pages
...where St. Paul shews the first covenant was in fault, there the state-churchmen have imitated it. " If that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second " says St. Paul, Heb. viii. 7 ; and immediately proceeds to shew the glories of the New Covenant, that... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1830 - 588 pages
...other to succeed it. So God removed the first dispensation by Moses, Heb. viii. 7 — 13. " For if the first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second," &c. So the priesthood of the order of Aaron ceases, because of the weakness and insufficiency of it... | |
 | 1830 - 756 pages
...alleged for this denomination, may also as well be rendered testament ; 'for if the Jirst testament had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second ;' and thus the same Greek word is often translated testament ; and then the difficulty is easily removed.... | |
 | Mary Martha Sherwood - 1831 - 488 pages
...covenant, which ensures the forgiveness of sin to every believer. This verse we find in Hebrews : ' But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry,...covenant, which was established upon better promises.' " (Heb. viii. 6.) " Pretty enough," replied Edgar ; " but, Henry, do you mean to accompany me to Lord... | |
 | William Latta McCalla - Baptism - 1831 - 410 pages
...disannul, that it should (' make the promise of none effect." 5. They differ in their qualities. " But now hath he " obtained a more excellent ministry,...he is the Mediator of a better covenant which was es" tablished upon better promises. For if the first cove" nant had been faultless, then should no... | |
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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. 
