De Oeconomia Foederum Dei Cum Hominibus, Libri Quatuor
Leovardiae (Leeuwarden): Jacobum Hagenaar, 1677. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (7 3/4 x 6"). [16], 700, [20]pp (Index and Errata sheet). Modern full parchment with black lettering to spine. Title page in red and black lettering. Title vignette. Decorative tailpieces and initials.
Scarce first edition of Hermann Witsius'* magnum opus "De Oeconomia Foederum Dei Cum Hominibus" (The Economy of the Covenants between God and Man), a reflection of some of the most constructive and thorough thinking on covenant theology** during the 17th century.
Divided into four books, "this work presents the reader with a fully biblical and experiential doctrine of the divine covenants; opening up their nature, stipulations, curses, and blessings" (Ligonier).
Witsius was motivated to publish this work by his sorrow at the controversies between Voetians (adepts of Dutch Calvinist theologian Gisbertus Voetius) and Cocceians (adepts of Dutch theologian Johannes Cocceius).
Includes an extensive Index and an Errata sheet at rear.
Binding slightly and partly age-toned. Modern endpapers and fly leaves. Ex-library copy with stamp on title, at lower margin of Dedication's first page, and at lower margin of last leaf (Errata). Contemporary previous owner's scribble on title (not affecting lettering), and annotations in Latin at lower margin of the "Ordo Librorum & Capitum" leaf (also not affecting lettering). Text in Latin. Binding and interior in overall good+ to very good condition. g+ to vg. Item #43142
* Hermann Witsius (1636-1708) was "Professor of Divinity in the Universities of Franeker, Utrecht, and Leyden. A brilliant and devout student, he was fluent in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew by the age of 15, when he entered the University of Utrecht. He was ordained at 21 and served in several pastorates, filling both the pulpit and the academic chair over the course of his life" (Encyclopedia Britannica).
** "Covenant theology (also known as Covenantalism, Federal theology, or Federalism) is a conceptual overview and interpretive framework for understanding the overall flow of the Bible. It uses the theological concept of a covenant as an organizing principle for Christian theology" (Wikipedia).
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