| 单词 | covenanted mercies |
| 释义 | > as lemmascovenanted mercies 1. Of a thing: Agreed upon, established, or secured by covenant. covenanted grace, covenanted mercies (Theology): those that are secured to such as have entered into covenant with God: see covenant n. 8b. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal obligation > contract > [adjective] > contracted covenantc1330 contracted1589 covenanted1651 society > faith > worship > vow > covenant > [adjective] > included in covenanted1836 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xli. 263 The reduction of his elect to their former covenanted obedience. 1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. v. 206 Hostages..to keep thir covnanted peace. 1788 R. Burns Let. 8 Nov. (2001) I. 334 Nothing inconsistent with the covenanted terms. 1836 J. H. Newman et al. Lyra Apost. 41 There is not on the earth a soul so base, But may obtain a place In covenanted grace. 1887 S. Cox Expos. 3rd Ser. xiii. 169 There is a very general impression..that a radical and vast difference obtains between what are called the covenanted and the uncovenanted mercies of God. 1888 F. Pollock Oxf. Lect. (1890) viii. 199 Their covenanted liberty of self-government. < as lemmas |
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