 | George Horne (bp. of Norwich.) - 1818 - 574 pages
...assurance, to confirm his promise by an oath, is finely touched upon in the Epistle to the Hebrews. " When God made " promise to Abraham, because he could...bless thee, and multiplying I will " multiply thee — For men verily swear by a greater, " and an oath for confirmation is to them an end " of all strife.... | |
 | Enoch Pond - 1818 - 112 pages
...introduce, in this connexion, but one passage1 more. Writing to the Hebrews, the apostle says— " When God made promise to Abraham, because he could...bless thee, and multiplying, I •will multiply thee that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, -we might have strong consolation,... | |
 | George Horne, William Jones - 1818 - 566 pages
...assurance, to confirm his promise by an oath, is finely touched upon in the Epistle to the Hebrews. " When God made " promise to Abraham, because he could...bless thee, and multiplying I will " multiply thee — For men verily swear by a greater, " and an oath for confirmation is to them an end " of all strife.... | |
 | George Burder - 1818 - 332 pages
...so contrary to human appearances, was made to him. So St. Paul relates the matter (Heb. vi. 13) :" When God made promise to Abraham, because he could...himself," saying, " Surely, blessing I will bless thee ;" in the book of Genesis it is, " By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord" (Gen. xxii. 16): and in... | |
 | Hosea Ballou - 1818 - 432 pages
...abundantly, to shew unto the heirs of promise, the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath ; for when God made promise to Abraham,* because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself." And the design of this oath was, " that we might have strong consolation who have fled for refuge to... | |
 | Enoch Pond - 1819 - 166 pages
...Writing to the Hebrews, the apostle says — " When God made promise to Abraham, because he could sVvear by no greater, he sware by himself, saying, Surely...blessing, I will bless thee, and multiplying, I will rqultiply thee that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have... | |
 | 1834 - 614 pages
...That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises. For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he aware by himself, Saying, Surely, blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.... | |
 | Enoch Pond - 1819 - 164 pages
...introduce, in this connexion, but one passage more. Writing to the Hebrews, the apostle says — " When God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he svvare by himself, saying, Surely blessing, I will bless thee, and multiplying, I will multiply thee... | |
 | Sinclare Kelburn - 1821 - 392 pages
...thereby given them two immutable things to rely upon. The apostle has reasoned thus upon the subject: " When God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself: for men verily swear by lhe greater: nnd an oath, for confirmation, is to them an end of all strife.... | |
 | William Romaine - 1821 - 320 pages
...thereby given them two immutable things to rely upon. The Apostle has reasoned thus upon the subject. " When God made promise to " Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he " sware by himself; for men verily sware by the great*' er : and an oath, for confirmation, is to them an end " of all... | |
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For when God made promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no greater, He sware by Himself, saying : — Surely blessing I will bless thee, And multiplying I will multiply thee. 
