| John Hoyland - 1816 - 486 pagine
...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 - 460 pagine
...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.... | |
| 1817 - 1082 pagine
...htell the 'stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, kSo shall thy seed be. 6 IT w w w5y { { t z v x x x x x7zP6 7 1 And he said unto him, I am theLoHD that " brought thee out of ° Ur of the Chaldees, pto give thee... | |
| sir George Pretyman Tomline (bart, bp. of Winchester.) - 1817 - 628 pagine
...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 - 370 pagine
...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... | |
| Adam Clarke - 1817 - 746 pagine
...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... | |
| 1818 - 588 pagine
...Alir.irn 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... | |
| George Tomline - 1818 - 600 pagine
...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... | |
| Sir Charles Abraham Elton - 1818 - 238 pagine
...inventions," is a direct refutation of original or inherent sinfulness. GEN. xv. 0. And he [Abraham] believed in the LORD, and he counted it to him for righteousness. These words are understood to mean that God imputed to Abraham Christ's righteousness, because of his... | |
| Robert May - 1819 - 392 pagine
...hea,. -ven, and tell the stars iftlioii be able to number them; and he said uuto him, so shall thy seed seed be, and he believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness.'' He promised also that he would give him the land in which he then dwelt for an inheritance. And Abram... | |
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