| John Smith - 1812 - 286 páginas
...promises, [that is, not having received the things promised, as Christians receive them : Heb. xi. 39, 40.] but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded...them, and confessed, that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth." They desired a " heavenly" country : " wherefore God is not ashamed to be called... | |
| John Owen - 1812 - 584 páginas
...xv. 5. " These all died in feith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar of, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth," Gen. xxiii. 4. ch. xlvii. 9. 1 Chron. xxix. 15. " For they that say such things,... | |
| William Magee - 1812 - 564 páginas
...THE PROMISE which was made unto the FATHERS, God hath FULFILLED the same UNTO us THEIR CHILDREN) — but having seen them afar off ; and were persuaded of them, and embraced them. Now, that these promises included the promise of the Messiah, Kennicot says, is plain: "first,... | |
| John Owen - 1812 - 578 páginas
..." These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar of, and^were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth," Gen. xxiii. 4. ch. xlvii. 9. 1 Chron. xxix. 15. " For they that say such things.... | |
| John Howe - 1813 - 536 páginas
...ver. 13. It is said of them, they all died in faith, not having received the promises ; but they saw them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced...they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. And doing so, they that say such things, ver. 14. declare plainly that they seek a country ; that it is... | |
| 1813 - 580 páginas
...that Rock was Christ.) Heb. xi. 13. These all died in faith, not having received ihe promises, hut having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them,...embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. John viii. 56. Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day : and he saw it, and... | |
| New Church gen. confer - 1879 - 622 páginas
...without God in the world, a state from which there could have been no redemption. If the patriarchs who " all died in faith, not having received the promises,...embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth," secured to themselves a better country, that is, an heavenly, so was it to... | |
| Thomas Bell - 1814 - 514 páginas
...propriety be applied to them,. They all died in the faith, not having received the promises, but haying seen them afar off; and were persuaded of them, and...embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth, Heb. xi. 13. So in particular did Moses himself, by whom the law was given,... | |
| Samuel Eyles Pierce - 1815 - 644 páginas
...from Abel to Abraham and Sarah, says, " These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded...embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth, J> Heb. xi. Then the apostle proceeds to shew that they sought a better country,... | |
| Thomas Ridgley - 1815 - 598 páginas
...apostle speaks of those who died in faith, not having received the promises, or the blessings promised, but having seen them afar off", and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, Heb. xi. 13. Again, as we receive the blessings of the covenant by faith, so to enter into covenant... | |
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