Mede's Apostasy of the Latter Times with an Introduction

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II. Apostasy in the Scripture imports revolt, or rebellion. ? That Idolatry is such, is proved from several passages in Scripture By spirits in the text, are meant doctrines. ? Doctrines of demons are to be taken passively, viz., for doctrines concerning demons. ? Several instances of the like form...
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II. Apostasy in the Scripture imports revolt, or rebellion. ? That Idolatry is such, is proved from several passages in Scripture By spirits in the text, are meant doctrines. ? Doctrines of demons are to be taken passively, viz., for doctrines concerning demons. ? Several instances of the like form of speech in ScriptuTe. I Return now unto the first part of my text the description of that solemn apostasy; where I will consider the five parts or points thereof as I have propounded them, though it be not according to the order of the words. And first in the more general expression, as I called it, in the words, shall revolt from the faith, giving heed to erroneous spirits. Some shall revolt. That is as much as to say, shall make an apostasy. Now apostasy ('An-ocrao-ia) in the Scripture's use, when it looks towards a person, signifies a revolt or rebellion; when toward God, a spiritual revolt from God, or rebellion against divine majesty, whether total, or by idolatry and serving other Gods. For the Seventy, whence the New Testament borrows the usage of speech, usually translates by this word the Hebrew verb marad, to rebel, and mered, rebellion; both which, when they have reference to a spiritual sovereignty, mean nought else but idolatry and serving of other gods, as may appear, Josh. xxii. 19, where the Israelites supposing their brethren the Reubenites and TTS Travois. i 3 Gadites, in building another altar upon the banks of Jordan, had meant to have forsaken the Lord and served other gods, said unto them, timrodu, You have rebelled against the Lord, and presently Rebel not against the Lord, nor rebel against us; where the Seventy hath, be not apostates from the Lord and apostatize not from us. And in v. 22, mered, rebellion, is translated apostasy ...