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Covenant » Of God with men » Confirmed with an oath
This was the oath which he swore to our forefather Abraham--
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And therefore God, in his desire to show, with unmistakable plainness, to those who were to enter on the enjoyment of what he had promised, the unchangeableness of his purpose, bound himself with an oath. For he intended us to find great encouragement in these two unchangeable things, which make it impossible for God to prove false--we, I mean, who fled for safety where we might lay hold on the hope set before us.
When God gave his promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater by whom he could swear, he swore by himself.
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