æquivalence

Example Sentences

• "It is Heaven that is deſigned by this promiſe as well as by any of the reſt; though this grace takes in alſo the refreſhments of the earth by æquivalence and a ſuppletory deſigne."
• "S. Well then, muſt the ſervant of God having prayed, and uſed thoſe means, hope and be aſſured that that which be thus prayes for ſhall be granted him? C. Yes: either formally, or by way of æquivalence; either that, or ſomething that is better; or again, either now, or when God ſees fitter for him:[…]"
• "Whatever thou wanteſt or deſireſt, leave it to God, make all thy applications to him, and depend on him, that he will either give thee in kinde what thou deſireſt, or by æquivalence ſomewhat that is better for thee."
• "Æquivalence we call an equality as to belief or unbelief; ſo as neither of the repugnant ſpeeches is preferred as more credible than the other.[…]We affirm not, they are incomprehenſible in their own nature, but declare our own affection, that we conceive we underſtand them not, by reaſon of the æquivalence of contraries."
• "I anſwer, Although the matter of them be not in terminis, found in Scripture, yet the ſenſe of them according to æquivalence may, as well as Tranſubſtantiation, when you will endevour to make it out by Scripture."
• "Finally, a more profound knowledge of the details of the processes of fertilization has been obtained, including the structure of the nucleus and its cleavage phenomena, the discovery of the fusion of germ- and sperm-nucleus, the æquivalence of the male and female nuclear substances and their distribution among the resulting daughter cells, and especially a deeper insight into the complicated phenomena of germ- and sperm-maturation which cause the reduction of the original nuclear substance."