...Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac ; accounting, that God zvas able to raise him up even from the dead : from whence also he received him IN A FIGURE.' The word, here rendered FIGURE, is in the original A PARABLE. But a parable is a sort of dramatic representation...

...was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called. Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead ; from whence also he received him in a figure d. " What a noble confidence in God did Joshua and Caleb express, when the distrusting Israelites murmured,...

...Abraham's faith thus led him to offer up his son, accounting that God was able to raise him again even from the dead, from whence also he received him in a figure ; his own age, and Sarah's time of life, rendering his very birth a miracle. That which was the purpose...

...Abraham," says' the Apostle to the Hebrews, " offered up his son, accounting that God was able to raise him from the dead : from whence also he received him in a figure." That is, Abraham was persuaded, that God could raise his son from the dead, and according to his faith...

...of Paul, in the Epistle to the Hebrews, xi. 19, " accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence, also, he received him in a figure." And this hope would be not a little consolatory to them both in yielding a compliance with the painful...

...hoth in the Old and New Testament. [Ahraham] accounted that God was ahle to raise [Isaac] up, even from the dead : from whence also he received him in a figure. Heh. xi, 19. I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth....

...said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: .... Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure." To contemplate things fairly, and to form a correct and unobjectionable opinion, especially when the...

...to Sarah without the lad; " accounting," says the Apostle, " that God was able to raise him up even from the dead ; from whence also he received him in a figure." (Heb. xi. 19.) None may have to pass through such a trial as that of Abraham : nevertheless parents...

...and truly live again. And Abraham offered him up, " accounting that God was able to raise him up even from the dead, from whence also he received him in a figure," Heb. xi. 19. In Abraham's intention Isaac died ; in his expectation he was to rise from the dead ;...

...thereon, and stretched forth his arm to slay him, " accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead ; from whence also he received him in a figure."* It pleased the Lord, however, after the faith of Abraham had been proved by his obedience, to arrest...