From Reformation to Reformation

The Acts of Religion are , 1. Elicited , or Commanded . That is, there is a recognized distinction of the Acts into Elicited and Commanded . The Elicited Acts are those that proceed immediately from some faculty, or power/virtue, whether intellectual, or moral, or Theological, as proper to them. In the Commanded Acts some other means comes between, by which these are elicited, or proceed elicitedly. Thus volition is an elicited act of the will; the Elicited Acts of Religi

Our AUTHOR gives here an elegant Definition of Religion, which Paul supplied in Titus 1:1, 2, when he describes the Faith of the Elect as the Knowledge of the Truth, which is according to Piety in hope of Eternal Life, etc . The parts of this are so closely connected to each other that they are not able to be separated, and that each spontaneously flows from the other. Indeed, the Knowledge of God leads to the Worship/Service of God , in comparison with Jeremiah 10:6, 7. Th

If you have regard to the Homonymy of the term, Religion , α. is often used of sort of painstaking observance and fear; thus that well-known formula of speech, Religio mihi est, quo minus id faciam , It is Religion to me, that I should not do this , in the place of, I would hardly dare to do that. TERENCE’S [1] in Heauton , act II, scene I, verse 16: …that I have nothing, it is religion to say… In his Andria , act V, scene IV, verses 37, 38, scruple and religion are

With respect to the Synonymy of the word Religion , The Hebrews , says our AUTHOR, have a more general terms, for example, the Knowledge of God, Psalm 36:10; 87:4; Proverbs 2:5: the Worship/ Service of God, 1 Chronicles 28:9; Psalm 2:11; 100:2; Zephaniah 3:9: the Love of God, Psalm 97:10; 145:20; Isaiah 56:6: the Fear of the Lord, Psalm 34:11; 119:38; Proverbs 1:29: Calling upon the Lord, Psalm 79:6; 86:5; Joel 2:32 a ; etc.: yet more famous than all these is the appellation

The Theology sought from the Scriptures teaches RELIGION; of which word a diverse Etymology is handed down. For it is believed that it was taken, Either , 1. from relinquendo, leaving behind, because it is separated (from us, namely, because of holiness), or requires the abandonment of all things . This is the opinion of Massurius Sabinus [1] in AULUS GELLIUS’ Attic Nights , [2] book IV, chapter IX, “ That is religious ,” says Sabinus, “ which because of a certain holin

In this Chapter on RELIGION occurs, I. A Nominal Treatment , in which is considered the word’s A. Etymology, § 1; B. Synonymy, § 2; C. Homonymy, § 3. II. A Real Treatment ; which A. Begins with the Definition, § 4: B. Sets forth an Explication of the Same Definition by parts. Here is to be observed א. Religion’s Formal Cause, which you might rightly call the Acts of Religion; concerning which α. There is a general discussion , as the Acts of Religion are

A TREATMENT OF REVEALED CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY HERE FOLLOWS: I. A Nominal treatment , Chapter I, § 1-6, II. A Real treatment , in which you may see True Theology’s A. Diverse distribution , Chapter I, § 7-26, B. Definition as Revealed Theology, Chapter I, § 27, which Definition is explained, א. With respect to Genus , as it is called Doctrine , Chapter I, § 28-31. ב. With respect to the Difference of species , sought α. from its Principium , which is the Word

Greetings. When in the latter part of Psalm 22 the Messiah joyfully gives a presentiment of the saving and super-abounding fruit, that, by His Sponsorial Merits and vicarious Passion, the people, given to Him by the Father to be redeemed to Himself, were going to carry off, which people were to be satisfied with the delights of the house of the Lord unto eternal life; [1] the Messiah signifies that in the enjoyment of these spiritual benefits, to be communicated to a world

Leiden University Bernardinus de Moor was born on January 29, 1709. He studied at the great Dutch University of Leiden, which had been a center of Reformed scholarship from the time of its founding in 1575. Its faculty had included some prominent Reformed theologians, such as Franciscus Junius (1592-1602), [1] Franciscus Gomarus (1594-1611), [2] Antonius Walæus (1619-1639), [3] Johannes Hoornbeeck (1653-1666), [4] and Herman Witsius (1698-1708), [5] among others. De Moor