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Nehemiah Coxe Quotes
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“That the dispensation of goodness and forbearance which the world was set under by the first promise , was now ratified by a solemn covenant .”
“He is made the exemplar of justification to all in future ages, for whose perpetual instruction this is recorded: that he believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.”
“The violence and corruption of mankind abounded, and even the sons of God were taken with the bait of sensual delights.”
“And there can be no transgression of a positive precept, without the violation of that eternal law that is written in his heart.”
“And therefore, those who rested in their carnal privileges, and sought eternal happiness from them, perverted their true end, and could never obtain what they followed after.”
“The children of an apostatized Israelite were God’s as well as those of his faithful servants.”
“He obtained eternal redemption, and by confirming the Covenant of Grace with his own blood, he passed all its promises into an unalterable testament. 46 §6.”