A Compend of Christian Divinity
A Compend of Christian Divinity
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" For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travatleth in pain together until now. And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the first fruits of the spirit, groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.'^ Here, then, we are certified by the apostle, that by the creation spoken of in this case, he means the whole creation, (or pasa ktisis, every creature.) Again, nothing nwre than the human creation eouTd have been meant; for it comprises on...ly such creatures as " shall be delivered from the bondage of corrup- tion, into the glorious liberty of the children of God." It may no more be applied to brute and inanimate creatures, than may the commission of our Lord to his apostles, " Go ye into all the world^ and preach the gospel to every creature.^ ^ And now, what is the truth affirmed, concerning the human creation? In the first place, it "was made subject to vanity," — constituted mortal, and placed in a peccable state, — '*not willingly," not of its own choice ; the human species were not counselled as to the constitution in which they should be brought into being, or the world in which they should be placed ; — "but by reason of him who hath subjected the^ same, in hope." God, in his wisdom, saw fit to intro- duce mankind into an initiatory state of being like ttua Digitized by VjOOQ IC 260 COMPEND OF CHRISTIAN DIVINITY.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
" For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travatleth in pain together until now. And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the first fruits of the spirit, groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.'^ Here, then, we are certified by the apostle, that by the creation spoken of in this case, he means the whole creation, (or pasa ktisis, every creature.) Again, nothing nwre than the human creation eouTd have been meant; for it comprises on...ly such creatures as " shall be delivered from the bondage of corrup- tion, into the glorious liberty of the children of God." It may no more be applied to brute and inanimate creatures, than may the commission of our Lord to his apostles, " Go ye into all the world^ and preach the gospel to every creature.^ ^ And now, what is the truth affirmed, concerning the human creation? In the first place, it "was made subject to vanity," — constituted mortal, and placed in a peccable state, — '*not willingly," not of its own choice ; the human species were not counselled as to the constitution in which they should be brought into being, or the world in which they should be placed ; — "but by reason of him who hath subjected the^ same, in hope." God, in his wisdom, saw fit to intro- duce mankind into an initiatory state of being like ttua Digitized by VjOOQ IC 260 COMPEND OF CHRISTIAN DIVINITY.
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