| Samuel Seabury - 1815 - Страниц: 320
...to his faith and hope ; for it is with regard to this very promise, that Abraham is said to have " believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness.''! Another instance of the faith of Abraham, was his confident assurance, that he should have a son by... | |
| Thomas Ridgley - 1815 - Страниц: 572
...that it will be equally impracticable to number his posterity, and then follow the words " Abraham believed in* the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness." Here it it given as an old-testament proof of that which has heen a little befure asserted " that a... | |
| John Hoyland - 1816 - Страниц: 486
...number them ;" and he said unto him : " so shall thy seed be." Abram's doubts are now entirely removed ; he believed in the Lord, and He counted it to him for righteousness. The patriarch being thus answered, and encouraged, entreats some present token of the certainty of... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - 1816 - Страниц: 460
...was now more fully made known. Gen. 15:5,6. "And he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. And Abraham believed in the Lord ; and he counted it to him for righteousness ;" which is much noticed in the New Testament, as that for which Abraham was called the father of believers.... | |
| sir George Pretyman Tomline (bart, bp. of Winchester.) - 1817 - Страниц: 628
...works, which Faith consisted in giving implicit credit to God's promise of numerous descendants; " He believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness (I)" Abraham therefore was justified upon that occasion, in the same manner as St. Paul represents... | |
| 1817 - Страниц: 1082
...htell the 'stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, kSo shall thy seed be. 6 IT And of the || air. 22 'Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame t 7 1 And he said unto him, I am theLoHD that " brought thee out of ° Ur of the Chaldees, pto give thee... | |
| Adam Clarke - 1817 - Страниц: 746
...stars, if lliou be able to number them : and he said unto him^ so shall thy seed be. Here again, ht believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness. Also, Gen. xvii. 1—8, he repeats arid established the same covenant for an everlasting covenant to... | |
| 1817 - Страниц: 370
...mention is made in scripture, of ' faith counted for righteousness.' So Gen. xv. 6. ' He (Abraham) believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness :' a text repeated, with but little variation, over and over in the Nrw Testament. Rom ir. 5. ' To... | |
| George Tomline - 1818 - Страниц: 600
...be(f)" These promises of numerous descendants were made to Abraham at the time he had no children, but " he believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness." (c) Gen. c. 12. v. 7. (d) It is certain that the name of Pharaoh was common to all the kings of Egypt... | |
| 1818 - Страниц: 588
...that his seed shall be ш the number of the stars. In the 6th verse the historian says of Abram, ."and he believed in the Lord ; and he counted it to him for righteousness." What did Abraham believe ? The Lord's promise concerning his seed. Did that promise refer only to Abraham's... | |
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