Gen. 9:5, etc. "And surely your blood of your lives will I require it
- whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed." We have
an account of murders before the flood, but nothing that looks as
though murder was wont then to be revenged with death by men, in an
established course of pub... [ Continue Reading ]
Gen. 9:12, etc. _Concerning the rainbow, the token of the covenant._
This is on many accounts a token of God's covenant of grace, and his
special promise of no more overthrowing the earth with a flood in
particular.
It was a most fit token of the covenant of grace of which this
particular covenant w... [ Continue Reading ]