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Genesis 17:1

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1 Da Abram var ni og halvfemsindstyve År gammel, åbenbarede HE EN sig for ham og sagde til ham: "Jeg er Gud den Almægtige; vandre for mit Åsyn og vær ustraffelig,


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Coronis (An Appendix to True Christian Religion) #50

  
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50. A COVENANT ALSO WAS ENTERED INTO SEVERAL TIMES; first with Abram (respecting which, Gen. 17:1-14); then with the people (Exod. 24:7-8), and once again (Josh. 24:24-25). From these things, it is now manifest that the first state of this Church was the Appearing of the Lord Jehovih, also the Call and Covenanting, and then was its Rise or Morning. That by the "Lord Jehovih," everywhere in the Word, is meant Jehovah in His Human, who is the Lord our Redeemer and Saviour, will be seen in what follows.

  
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