“This election to glory is not some general decree of God about saving the faithful and the godly, who shall persevere in their faith and piety to the end of their life; but a particular designation of certain individual persons,… — Herman Witsius Copy Share Image
“And it is the interest of believers to endeavour earnestly after this assurance of their election. For, 1st, It is not possible, they should have a life of joy and exultation in the Lord, while they are ignorant of this.… — Herman Witsius Copy Share Image
“For if any decree of God could be changed, it would be, because God either would not or could not effect the thing decreed,… — Herman Witsius Copy Share Image
“When the dispenser of the mysteries of God, takes the bread and the cup of blessing into his hands before the eyes of the… — Herman Witsius Copy Share Image
“This election to glory is not some general decree of God about saving the faithful and the godly, who shall persevere in their faith… — Herman Witsius Copy Share Image
“But if we take in the whole extent of the image of God, we say, it is made up of these three parts. 1st.… — Herman Witsius Copy Share Image
“It seems therefore more advisable, and more becoming both the faith and piety of Adam, and the wisdom of the Holy Spirit, who accurately… — Herman Witsius Copy Share Image
“For he who loves God cannot but love his image too, in which he clearly views express characters of the Deity, and not a… — Herman Witsius Copy Share Image
“...No one teaches well unless he has first learned well; no one learns well unless he learns in order to teach. And both learning… — Herman Witsius Copy Share Image
“Divine compassion published to wretched man, immediately upon his fall, the first doctrine of grace; in such a manner, indeed, as in few words,… — Herman Witsius Copy Share Image
“I pre-suppose, as a self-evident truth, and clear from the very meaning of the words, that the great God has a sovereign and uncontrollable… — Herman Witsius Copy Share Image
“also appears, that these words of God not only may, but ought, to be explained in this manner. For since the decalogue, which constitutes… — Herman Witsius Copy Share Image
“And it is the interest of believers to endeavour earnestly after this assurance of their election. For, 1st, It is not possible, they should… — Herman Witsius Copy Share Image
