The Clear Proof of the True Church of God

the Lord [says]: I will put my Law in their inward parts, and will write it in their hearts: and I will be their God, and they shall be my people, etc. A reference to the prophecy in Jeremiah 31:33 regarding the New Covenant, a cornerstone of Reformation theology.

This inscription does not happen with ink, but through the spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on the fleshy tablets of the heart. 2 Corinthians 3:3.

This Covenant Verbont: A solemn binding agreement or promise; in this context, the spiritual relationship between God and the believer. is called a better Testament; and for that reason it is called an eternal Covenant, whereas the old was merely a preparation original: "aenleydinge," meaning a guiding introduction or a way leading toward a goal. for a better one, and therefore it is not eternal but perishable. Hebrews 7. Now the Lord complains, Isaiah 28 verse 8, that all tables are full of vomit; whom shall He then teach knowledge? original: "bekentenisse," meaning the acknowledgment or confession of divine truth. To whom shall He give the understanding to preach—to understand within the tablet of the heart? That which is unclean, like the poison of serpents—that Egyptian quality—is what must be spat out. In the mystical and Pietist thought of the 17th century, "Egypt" symbolizes the carnal, unredeemed state of the human soul that must be purged to receive God's word.

Therefore, this knowledge is necessary for all people, namely that they [come] out