 | 1827 - 600 pages
...elect people : "The Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all the people that are upon the face of the earth. The Lord...fewest of all people : but because the Lord loved you." Deut. vii. 6 — 8. "Behold, the heaven, and the heaven of heavens, is the Lord's, thy God; the earth... | |
 | John Paul - 1828 - 338 pages
...his distinguishing love, (Deut. vii. 6,7, 8,) " The Lord thy " God hath chosen thee to be a sp?cKtl people unto himself, above all " people that are upon...of all people. But because " the Lord loved you." — It is to this distinguishing, unmerited love and grncious election that God refers when he says... | |
 | S. Noble - 1828 - 536 pages
...thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness ; for thou art a stiff-necked people."* " The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose...any people ; for ye were the fewest of all people. "f These facts being so, it has been concluded, by all who are disposed to interpret them in a liberal... | |
 | Henry Walter - 1828 - 524 pages
...announced this choice to their forefathers. The Lord thy God hath chosen thee, said Moses to the Jews, to be a special people unto himself, above all people...earth. The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor chuse you, because ye were more in number than any people, (for ye were the fewest of all people) but... | |
 | 1828 - 1042 pages
...and burn their graven images with fire. 6 IT For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God : the earth. 7 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than... | |
 | William Dodd - 1828 - 522 pages
...are upon the face of the earth : the Lord did not set hislove upon you, nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people : for ye were...fewest of all people : but because the Lord loved you, &c. — Deut. vii. 6—8. xiv. 2. Only the Lord had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose... | |
 | 1829 - 1012 pages
...chosen thee to he a special people onto himself, above all people that are apon the face of the earth. 7 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose...any people ; for ye were the fewest of all people : 8 But because the LORD loved you, anc because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your... | |
 | James Stuart M. Anderson - 1829 - 776 pages
...he 88 chose them ; saying1, — the LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because re were more in number than any people; for ye were the...fewest of all people : but because the LORD loved you, &e. (Deut. vii. 7, 8.) It is here asserted, that the love of Ood was the cause of his choice of this... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1830 - 630 pages
...nation were a small, inconsiderable people in comparison with many other people. Deutcrouomy vii. 7. "The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose...any people; for ye were the fewest of all people." So neither was it for their righteousness ; for they had no more of that, than other people. Deuteronomy... | |
 | Thomas Stratten - 1830 - 338 pages
...is repeatedly addressed to the whole people. " For thou art a holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people...himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth." * Their holiness as a people, however, was not inherent nor self-sustained, nor at any time... | |
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For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth. 
