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An Exposition of the Counsel of God for the Redemption of the World, for the Use and Instruction of the Young
An Exposition of the Counsel of God for the Redemption of the World for the Use and Instruction of the Young Author:Robert Stevens General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1837 Original Publisher: John Booth 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 sele... more »ct from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER III. The Economy Of Preparation -- The Translation Of Enoch Its Connexion With The Counsel Of God In Christ -- Noah's Preaching And Sacrifice -- Their Connexion With The Counsel Of God In Christ The Call Of Abram ; God's Promise To Him -- Its Connexion With The Counsel Of God In Christ -- Its Fulfilment In Christ Reflections. The Economy Of Preparation. It has been shewn, first, that the redemption of mankind, and the mode of it, were appointed in the Divine councils before the foundation of the world -- secondly, that immediately upon the fall, the first grant of grace was vouchsafed in the promise of a Redeemer, a Conqueror and Sufferer in man's behalf -- and thirdly, that sacrifices were instituted at a very early period by the Almighty, principally that they might be types or figures of the great sacrifice which his Son offered up in our nature, as an atonement for the sins of all mankind. The economy of preparation is now to be proceeded with ; that remarkable feature of thecounsel of God in Christ, which belongs to no other system of religion whatsoever, and which plainly indicates the Divine mind making ready the way by various signs and intimations, through a course of ages, for the advent of the victorious seed that was to bruise the serpent's head, and delivering mankind out of captivity to restore them to the liberty of God. This economy is so clearly noted down and marked in the Scriptures, and all its connected and consecutive parts are so visible to the eye of the humble and candid inquirer, that the pen of an angel or a diamond of heaven cou...« less