A Familiar Survey of the Old and New Covenants, Including a Summary View of the Patriarchal and Levitical Dispensatons
by David Russell (9781150007866)

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1824 Original Publisher: Waugh and Innes Subjects: Covenant theology Religion / Christian Theology / General Religion / Christian Theology / Systematic Religion / Theology Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER II. OF THB PROMISES AND GENERAL STRUCTURE OF THK OLD AND THE NEW COVENANTS. SECTION I. OP THE COVENANT ESTABLISHED WITH ISRAEL AT SINAI. The plan of preparation for the coming of Christ and the establishment of his kingdom, was for a long time carried on with distinguished individuals and particular families. Among the former, Abraham held an eminent place; and among the latter, his family and the families of his descendants in the line of Isaac and Jacob, were particularly distinguished. The accomplishment of the promise made to him, required that his seed should increase, and that they should occupy a particular country, that by being kept a separate people, it might be unquestionably ascertained, that the promised Messiah had sprung from him. The land of Canaan was, accordingly, promised to his seed; but it could not be given them, till they had so far multiplied as to be able to fill it, and to retain the possession of it. In the meantime, to preserve them from mingling with the nations, and learning their ways, they were sent to Egypt; because, as the laws of that country disallowed all fellowship with strangers, and as the Egyptians had a particular aversion to the profession of the Israelites, who were shepherds, it was the only place where they could remain for so long A time, safe and unconfounded with the natives. But when they were multiplied so as to be able to possess the land, the Lord formed them into a nati...

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