{"query": "Canons of Dort, Head 1: Of Divine Predestination (Unconditio", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_db2716b4fa78", "title": "Canons of Dort, Head 1: Of Divine Predestination (Unconditional Election)", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "As all men have sinned in Adam, lie under the curse, and are deserving of eternal death, God would have done no injustice if He had left them all to perish. That some receive the gift of faith from Go"}, {"id": "card_n_c6cc8ab26c88", "title": "Canons of Dort, Head 4: Of the Conversion of Man (Irresistible Grace, treated together with Head 3)", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "What therefore neither the light of nature nor the law could do, that God performs by the operation of the Holy Spirit through the Word or ministry of reconciliation. This is the regeneration so highl"}, {"id": "card_n_3038662d5414", "title": "Canons of Dort, Head 2: Of the Death of Christ and the Redemption of Men Thereby (Particular Redemption)", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "The death of God's Son is the only and most perfect sacrifice and satisfaction for sin; and is of infinite worth and value, abundantly sufficient to expiate the sins of the whole world. It was the wil"}, {"id": "card_n_c3aa1a7f00de", "title": "Canons of Dort, Head 3: Of the Corruption of Man, His Conversion to God, and the Manner Thereof (Total Depravity + Effectual Calling)", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Man was originally formed after the image of God. But, revolting from God by the instigation of the devil, all men are conceived in sin, and by nature children of wrath, incapable of saving good, pron"}, {"id": "card_n_7acf33b267b3", "title": "Canons of Dort, Head 5: Of the Perseverance of the Saints", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Those whom God, according to His purpose, calls to the communion of His Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, and regenerates by the Holy Spirit, He delivers also from the dominion and slavery of sin, though in"}, {"id": "card_n_4c4df0e21e58", "title": "Easton: Head-dress", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Not in common use among the Hebrews. It is first mentioned in Ex. 28:40 (A.V., “bonnets;” R.V., “head-tires”). It was used especially for purposes of ornament (Job 29:14; Isa. 3:23; 62:3). The Hebrew "}, {"id": "card_n_e39daf378358", "title": "Easton: Bonnet", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb. peer), Ex. 39:28 (R.V., “head-tires”); Ezek. 44:18 (R.V., “tires”), denotes properly a turban worn by priests, and in Isa. 3:20 (R.V., “head-tires”) a head-dress or tiara worn by females. The He"}, {"id": "card_n_d064b0d2110e", "title": "Easton: Shushan", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A lily, the Susa of Greek and Roman writers, once the capital of Elam. It lay in the uplands of Susiana, on the east of the Tigris, about 150 miles to the north of the head of the Persian Gulf. It is "}, {"id": "card_n_1565817e96cc", "title": "Boethius, Consolation §boe_04_06: 'True,' said I; 'but, since it is thy office to unfold the hidden cause of th...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "'True,' said I; 'but, since it is thy office to unfold the hidden cause of things, and explain principles veiled in darkness, inform me, I pray thee, of thine own conclusions in this matter, since the"}, {"id": "card_n_1f2d5104e91c", "title": "Easton: Predestination", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "This word is properly used only with reference to God’s plan or purpose of salvation. The Greek word rendered “predestinate” is found only in these six passages, Acts 4:28; Rom. 8:29, 30; 1 Cor. 2:7; "}, {"id": "card_c_47db6a579a3c", "title": "Canons of Dort, Head 5: Of the Perseverance of the Saints references Jesus", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Jesus (person) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a person."}, {"id": "card_n_7c726252881a", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_02_09: It is no hard thing to despise human comfort when divine is present.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "It is no hard thing to despise human comfort when divine is present. It is a great thing, yea very great, to be able to bear the loss both of human and divine comfort; and for the love of God willingl"}, {"id": "card_n_30a3a7f40aff", "title": "Boethius, Consolation §boe_05_06: 'Since, then, as we lately proved, everything that is known is cognized not i...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "'Since, then, as we lately proved, everything that is known is cognized not in accordance with its own nature, but in accordance with the nature of the faculty that comprehends it, let us now contempl"}, {"id": "card_n_d876e22fdff8", "title": "Easton: Abner", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Father of light; i.e., “enlightening”, the son of Ner and uncle of Saul. He was commander-in-chief of Saul’s army (1 Sam. 14:50; 17:55; 20:25). He first introduced David to the court of Saul after the"}, {"id": "card_n_df408ff7a34e", "title": "Easton: Mitre", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb. mitsnepheth), something rolled round the head; the turban or head-dress of the high priest (Ex. 28:4, 37, 39; 29:6, etc.). In the Authorized Version of Ezek. 21:26, this Hebrew word is rendered "}, {"id": "card_n_7689f53adb2d", "title": "Easton: Delaiah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Freed by Jehovah. (1.) The head of the twenty-third division of the priestly order (1 Chr. 24:18). (2.) A son of Shemaiah, and one of the courtiers to whom Jeremiah’s first roll of prophecy was read ("}, {"id": "card_n_072a76f32c9d", "title": "Easton: Uzzi", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The Lord is my strength. (1.) The son of Bukki, and a descendant of Aaron (1 Chr. 6:5, 51; Ezra 7:4). (2.) A grandson of Issachar (1 Chr. 7:2, 3). (3.) A son of Bela, and grandson of Benjamin (1 Chr. "}, {"id": "card_n_d86e1363382f", "title": "Easton: Corner", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The angle of a house (Job 1:19) or a street (Prov. 7:8). “Corners” in Neh. 9:22 denotes the various districts of the promised land allotted to the Israelites. In Num. 24:17, the “corners of Moab” deno"}, {"id": "card_n_1ecf3ef328b0", "title": "Easton: Achan", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Called also Achar, i.e., one who troubles (1 Chr. 2:7), in commemoration of his crime, which brought upon him an awful destruction (Josh. 7:1). On the occasion of the fall of Jericho, he seized, contr"}, {"id": "card_n_7eb2b20adbc7", "title": "Easton: Kingly office of Christ", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "One of the three special relations in which Christ stands to his people. Christ’s office as mediator comprehends three different functions, viz., those of a prophet, priest, and king. These are not th"}]}