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Title: The Bible hand-book: an introduction to the study of Sacred Scripture
Year: 1883 (1880s)
Authors: Angus, Joseph, 1816-1902 Hoyt, F. S. (Francis Southack), 1822-1912 Madden, Frederic W. (Frederic William)
Subjects: Bible
Publisher: Philadelphia, J. Fagan
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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is itself the theme of a promise. 2. The temporal promisesof the Old Testament have a limit in the very character of thelater dispensation. It is one of faith rather than of sight.3. And besides, temporal mercies are now employed to pro-mote the Christians spiritual welfare, and are given or with-held, as may prove most for his highest good. Under thelaw, the rod of the wicked less frequently rested upon the lotof the righteous, because the lessons of Providence were amongthe grand teachers both of the church and of the world. Now,however, the Bible is complete; and God is free (so to speak)to adapt his discipline to the wants of each of his children.In asking, therefore, for the fulfilment oJ temporal promises,even when universal, we must jemember that prosperity hasceased to be the universal expression of Divine favor, and thatprovidence is now administered in subservience to the spiritualdiscipline of the church. 476. Some of the promises are absolute, and others are•conditional.
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PROMISES NOT THE RULE OF DUTY. 369 The promises of the coming of the Messiah and ^l^1,^of the call of the Gentiles were absolute. The pro- <*itionai.mise 01 pardon and of blessings essential to salvation is.sus-pended upon our faith. The Christians progress, again, inholiness, and his freedom from chastisement, are dependentupon his diligence, and obedience, and prayer. It may be said generally that every promise of spiritualblessing to individual Christians is given to character, and onconditions. So Nehemiah believed, and therefore his prayerended with the acknowledgment that the promise was madeto such only as turn to God and keep his commandments todo them. See also 1 Chron. xxviii. 9,19 : Ezek. xxxiii. 13-15 :Jas. i. 5-7 : 1 Sam. ii. 30 : Eom. iv. 3-12: Heb. iv. 1. Thesepromises are made to character; sincerity and faith are alwaysrequired. Do we seek Abrahams blessing, we must walk inAbrahams steps. Do we wish for special tokens of Divineregard, we must cherish the poor and c

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