 | William Bates - 1831 - 382 pages
...accepts of sincerity instead of perfection. The apostle magnifies the office of Christ ; " By how much he is the Mediator of a better covenant, which was established' upon better promises," Heb. viii. 6. The comparison here is between the ministry of the gospel, and the Mosaical economy ; and the excellency... | |
 | 1853 - 1142 pages
...superseded by the in-coming of a new dispensation, with its more excellent ministry, and wherein Jesus "is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises." There is no priestly office on earth now ; there are no sacerdotal grades and sacrifices akin to those... | |
 | Thomas Timpson - 1831 - 266 pages
...provisions are declared as infinitely better than those of the Levitical dispensation. " He," Christ, " is the Mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord... | |
 | 1832 - 378 pages
...for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern showed to thee in the mount. But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry,...covenant, which was established upon better promises. For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.... | |
 | Edward Wilson - 1832 - 336 pages
...under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance."6 "The Mediator of a better covenant which was established upon better promises. " f In this latest and last covenant all things are fulfilled. The ark of Noah, the Canaan of Abraham,... | |
 | John Pearson - 1832 - 652 pages
...in earth, the spirit, the water, and the blood." (I John v. 6. 8.) He preached unto us a new " and better Covenant, which was established upon better promises," (Heb. viii. 6.) and that was to be ratified with his blood ; which is therefore called by Christ himself the " blood of... | |
 | Edward Dorr Griffin - 1833 - 230 pages
...Mat. 20. 23. and 25. 34. John 15. 16. Acts 13. 48. secures the persevering holiness of believers. " But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry,...covenant which was established upon better promises. — For finding fault with them he saith, Behold the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1833 - 574 pages
...promised"."] " Heb. x. 21—23. MMCCC. CHRIST THE MEDIATOR OF THE NEW COVENANT. Heb. viii. 6. No1o hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how...covenant, which was established upon better promises. THE use of the Mosaic law is by no means sufficiently appreciated in the Christian world. The value... | |
 | John Fletcher - 1833 - 686 pages
...he writes to the Gulatians and Corinthians ? And why does ho say to the Hebrews, ' Now hath Christ obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also...covenant, which was established upon better promises,' &e, Hob. viii, 6, &c. For of these two dispensations the apostle evidently speaks in that chapter,... | |
 | William Guthrie - 1833 - 264 pages
...compared with Heb. viii. 6. " But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much more also he is the Mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises." — " The Lord hateth putting away." No honest heart will stumble on this, but will rather be strengthened... | |
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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. 
