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"The mystery of our salvation through Christ is so intimately connected with the mystery of the Trinity, that when the latter is unknown or denied, the former cannot be known or acknowledged." -Witsius
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“The Cross of Christ is the foundation of foundations, and the pillar of sacred wisdom; without which it is impossible to understand the mysteries of our religion, to attain genuine holiness, or to inherit eternal life.”
@hermanwitsius Apostles Creed 2.62
"Junius, Witsius, Van Mastrict, Edwards, & Thomistic Natural Theology" anchor.fm/baptist-broadcast/… via The Baptist Broadcast Podcast
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“All the beauty, all the glory, and all of the joy of the material world, are nothing but resplendent beams, emitted and diffused around, by the King of beauty, of glory, and of joy.”—Herman Witsius
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Bavinck summarizing Witsius on 3 weaknesses/failings that can still be present in the lives of true believers.
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Alright, random point from when I was off: Witsius in Economy of the Covenants is based. Like, full-on account of the economy of salvation, all the covenants, types, etc. alongside dogmatically-sophisticated discussions of atonement, sacraments, etc.
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"There can hardly be any doubt that the statement regarding the regeneration of children before baptism, according to the judgment of love, is the accepted view of the Dutch Church." - Herman Witsius
"Out of the mouth of babes & sucklings hast thou ordained strength." - Ps. 8:2
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To Be Sin For Us (Witsius) reformedreader.wordpress.com…
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Witsius on triune atonement and justification. You had to have a handle on divine unity and simplicity as well as appropriation to grasp the proper shape of the action.
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A theologian is one who, imbued with a substantial knowledge of divine things derived from the teaching of God Himself, declares & extols, not in words only, but by the whole course of his life, the wonderful excellencies of God & thus lives entirely for His glory.
~ Witsius
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"I wouldn't say that God was angry with Jesus when He hung on the cross." - Modern theologians
"Since the guilt of our iniquities was laid upon [Christ], the Father was offended and angry with Him...Christ bore the displeasure of God...in the punishment of our sins." - Witsius
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"He who does not adore the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, as equal in divine majesty, worships not the true God, but a creature of his own imagination." H. Witsius
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"he cannot have Christian faith who does not believe that a person in the Godhead could have been given...to be a successful Mediator with God; but this would have been impossible if the Godhead had subsisted only in one person." - H. Witsius
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Turretin and Witsius On The Necessity And Efficacy Of Good Works In Salvation – R. Scott Clark rscottclark.org/2015/09/on-t…
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The Law, The Gospel, Our Salvation (Witsius) reformedreader.wordpress.com…
Two Fold Participation in the Covenant witsius.wordpress.com/2019/0…
