 | 1788 - 598 pages
...returned. 1 6 But now they defire a better country, that is, an heavenly. Wherefore God is not afhamed to be called their God, for he hath prepared for them...17 By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Ifaac : and he that had received the promifes offered up his only-begotten fen. 1 8 Of whom it was... | |
 | 1802 - 374 pages
...seek a country. 1 5 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country, from whence they cameout, they might have had opportunity to have returned :...prepared for them a city. 17 By faith Abraham, when effects of faith. he was tried, offered up Isaac : and he that had received the promises, offered up... | |
 | 1804 - 476 pages
...mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned : 16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an...received the promises offered up his only begotten son, 18 Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: 19 Accounting that God was able to... | |
 | 1804 - 438 pages
...mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned : 16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an...Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac; and lie that had received the promises, offered up his onlybegotten son, -18 Of whom it was said, That... | |
 | Abner Kneeland - 1804 - 462 pages
...mindful of the country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. But now, they desire a better country ; that is, an...called their God : for he hath prepared for them a city :" Heb. xi. 14, 15, 16. JMany persons seek after new countries, and spend their time, labor, and... | |
 | Richard Graves - 1807 - 520 pages
...they came out, " they might Jiave had opportunity to have " returned ; hut now they desire a hetter " country, that is, an heavenly : wherefore " God is...called * their " God, for he hath prepared for them a " city." In this passage the Apostle plainly lefers to the remarkable declaration of Jacob * On tliis... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1809 - 578 pages
...elsewhere mentioned in the New Testament, it is mentioned as a fruit and evidence of his faith. Heb. xi. 17. "By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered...received the promises, offered up his only begotten son." And in the other instance which the apostle mentions, verse 25. " Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1809 - 520 pages
...mentioned in the New Testament, it is mentioned as a fruit and evidence of his faith. Heb. xi. IT. "By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac...received the promises, offered up his only begotten son." And in the other instance which the apostle mentions, verse 25. " Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot... | |
 | Thomasen Head - 1811 - 48 pages
...affections on things above, not on things on the earth : To be spiritually-minded is life and peace : They desire a better country, that is, an heavenly...called their God ; for He hath prepared for them a city." CONCLUSION. OH ! when shall I come to appear before the presence of my God ! When shall I see... | |
 | Johann Jacob Rambach - 1811 - 442 pages
...19.) La' which he explains several types exhibited in the old Testament, makes this observation :' By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac...received the promises, offered up his only begotten son, of whom itwas said, that in Isaac shall thy seed be called : accounting, that God was able to raise... | |
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But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city. 
