Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An old spelling of
suretyship .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Suretyship.
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- noun Alternative form of
suretyship .
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Examples
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Make sure thy friend by getting clear from thy engagements from him; for rash suretiship is as much the bane of friendship as that which is prudent is sometimes the bond of it.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721
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He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
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He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
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As the supreme governor, lawgiver, and judge of all, unto whom it belonged to take care that his holy law was observed, or the offenders punished, he admitted, upon the transgression of it, the sponsion and suretiship of Christ to answer for the sins of men, Heb. x.
The Doctrine of Justification by Faith 1616-1683 1965
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The nature of his suretiship — Causes of the new covenant — Christ and the church one mystical person — Consequents thereof
The Doctrine of Justification by Faith 1616-1683 1965
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A full discussion ensues of the doctrine that sin is imputed to Christ, grounded upon the mystical union between Christ and the church, the suretiship of the former in behalf of the church, and the provisions of the new covenant, VIII.
The Doctrine of Justification by Faith 1616-1683 1965
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In our present inquiry into the nature of this suretiship of Christ, the whole will be resolved into this one question, — namely, whether the Lord
The Doctrine of Justification by Faith 1616-1683 1965
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The principal instances of suretiship in the world have been by the voluntary undertaking of such as were no way procured so to do by them for whom they undertook.
The Doctrine of Justification by Faith 1616-1683 1965
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He confesses that by his exposition of this suretiship of Christ, as making him a surety for God, he contradicts the nature and only notion of a surety among men.
The Doctrine of Justification by Faith 1616-1683 1965
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Christ, I shall insist upon, on purpose to obviate or remove some mistakes about the nature of his suretiship, and the respect of it unto the covenant whereof he was the surety.
The Doctrine of Justification by Faith 1616-1683 1965
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