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Jephthah dwells in the land of Tob, 1-3; is called by the elders of Gilead to command in chief against the Ammonites. He demands to be...

Verse 17:[1] Then the children of Ammon were gathered together (Heb. cried together[2]), and encamped in Gilead. And the children of...

Among the more recent Anthropomorphites, our AUTHOR names theoretically Vorstius, who in his notis on Disputation III de Deo, pages...

The Anthropomorphites state the contrary, called Anthropomorphites after their error, because the attribute to the highest God μορφὴν...

Verse 16:[1] (2 Chron. 7:14; 15:8; Jer. 18:7, 8) And they put away the strange gods (Heb. gods of strangers[2]) from among them, and...

Verse 15:[1] And the children of Israel said unto the LORD, We have sinned: (1 Sam. 3:18; 2 Sam. 15:26) do thou unto us whatsoever...

The Rationale of Scripture is added, with an argument sought from the highest Perfection of God, which by no means admits corporeal...

Verse 14:[1] Go and (Deut. 32:37, 38; 2 Kings 3:13; Jer. 2:28) cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time...

Verse 11:[1] And the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Did not I deliver you (Ex. 14:30) from the Egyptians, and (Num. 21:21, 24,...

But when we say that God is Spirit with respect to Essence, we speak with the Scripture, which not only Hypostatically makes use of the...

Verse 10:[1] (1 Sam. 12:10) And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have...

In the Description of God just given the Nature or Essence of God occurs first to be considered: our AUTHOR advises that this is ascribed...

[circa 1161 BC] Verse 7:[1] And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he (Judg. 2:14; 1 Sam. 12:9) sold them into the hands...

Therefore, in the place of a Definition, properly so called, we ought here to make use of a Description, in which properties adequate to...

[circa 1161 BC] Verse 6:[1] And (Judg. 2:11; 3:7; 4:1; 6:1; 13:1) the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and...

It is also able to be noted, what we said concerning the impossibility of a perfect Definition of God, against those that go overboard in...

Verse 3:[1] And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years. [Jair, a Gileadite] That is, of the...

And that is what in the second place in this § our AUTHOR proves, that the divine Essence is not able to be fully comprehended by us....

[circa 1206 BC] Verse 1:[1] And after Abimelech there (Judg. 2:16) arose to defend (or, deliver; Heb. save[2]) Israel Tola the son of...