tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post8225071445714782853..comments2024-03-17T08:25:33.806+00:00Comments on Thoughts of Francis Turretin: McGrath's "In the Beginning"Turretinfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-31247721135346422962007-11-11T23:03:00.000+00:002007-11-11T23:03:00.000+00:00Anonymous:"Thereof" is certainly a mouthful, and n...Anonymous:<BR/><BR/>"Thereof" is certainly a mouthful, and not a very intuitive way of making "it" possessive.<BR/><BR/>"Its" versus "it's" can also be hard to remember (its is possessive, it's is a contraction of "it is").<BR/><BR/>Another option is simply "of it" but this does not flow well either.<BR/><BR/>McGrath provides an example of some places in the description of the dimensions of the Turretinfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-28903170127777399672007-11-11T22:57:00.000+00:002007-11-11T22:57:00.000+00:00Dear Natamllc,Thanks for the compliments and comme...Dear Natamllc,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the compliments and comments.<BR/><BR/>Yes, I think the person you heard would be of one mind with McGrath. Both think that some of the "prelatical" language in the KJV (such as the use of the term "bishop") was specifically designed to strengthen the monarchy and to strengthen the rule of the monarchic over the church.<BR/><BR/>Yes, there certainly were Turretinfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-72132531169704365152007-11-11T22:16:00.000+00:002007-11-11T22:16:00.000+00:00I like the word "thereof." I'd love to use it in ...I like the word "thereof." I'd love to use it in modern speech and writhing. Its is a travesty, really. It's vs its. Which one is possesive? You'd think that it's is possessive, but then maybe it's is the contraction. You've got two apostrophe rules fighting each other in your head and you end up constantly forgetting which one rules the day. And the confusion thereof makes thereof seem Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-71924689270526356272007-11-11T16:34:00.000+00:002007-11-11T16:34:00.000+00:00TF,I am not sure if you are shaping my way of livi...TF,<BR/><BR/>I am not sure if you are shaping my way of living or thinking but recently I have found myself stopping by in anticipation of what's going to be next in here!<BR/><BR/>Thanks.<BR/><BR/>I just got done talking with the Lord, dully on my part perhaps, because of these verses of ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY OF SURENESS:<BR/><BR/>1Pe 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com