Revelation examined with candour : or, A fair enquiry into the sense and use of the several revelations expressly declared, or sufficiently implied, to be given to mankind from the creation, as they are found in the Bible . lion, plain-ly implies the oath of God, as you maylearn from IJaiah liv. 5?, where God, declaringhis refolution of mercy to the Gentiles, ufeththefe words ; For this is as the waters ofNoah to me; for as I have fworn that thewaters of Noah Jhould no more go over theearth, fb have I fworn, that I would not bewroth with thee, nor rebuke thee. Whereas then God, on this occafio
Revelation examined with candour : or, A fair enquiry into the sense and use of the several revelations expressly declared, or sufficiently implied, to be given to mankind from the creation, as they are found in the Bible . lion, plain-ly implies the oath of God, as you maylearn from IJaiah liv. 5?, where God, declaringhis refolution of mercy to the Gentiles, ufeththefe words ; For this is as the waters ofNoah to me; for as I have fworn that thewaters of Noah Jhould no more go over theearth, fb have I fworn, that I would not bewroth with thee, nor rebuke thee. Whereas then God, on this occafion,made a covenant with man by oath, andthe rain-bow then firfi: leen with aftonifh-ment in the heavens, was the fignal of thatcovenant: what could be a more naturalmythology founded upon thefe circum-ftances, than that Iris was the daughter ofwonder ; and the mejpnger of Jupiter, tys folemn oath. * Vid. Hefiodi Theogon. v. 780. & feq, 1 P ? An 214 Revelation Examtnd, &c. And thus having, I hope, fufficientlyvindicated the fignificancy of this fign, andthe wifdom of God in appointing it, I fhall,in my next diflertation, with Gods affiftance,confider the teftimonies of antiquity relatingto the deluge,. D e i« Revelation Examine!, &:c. 215
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