 | Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber - 1822 - 560 pages
...of God ', concerning whom St. Paul affirms expressly, that " the fathers received not the promises : God having provided some better thing for us, that they, without us, should not be made perfect > :" therefore, certain it is, that their condition was a state of imperfection, and yet... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber - 1822 - 566 pages
...of God ; concerning whom St. Paul affirms expressly, that " the fathers received not the promises : God having provided some better thing for us, that they, without us, should not be made perfect r :" therefore, certain it is, that their condition was a state of imperfection, and yet... | |
 | Shakers - 1823 - 346 pages
...patriarchs and prophets, says, * And these all having obtained a good report through faith, re" ceived not the promise : God having provided some better thing " for us, that they without us should not be made perfect"* These having been faithful to walk according to the light which was revealed in their... | |
 | David Jennings - 1823 - 654 pages
...made perfect ? " These all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promises, God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect." We answer, The verb rcteuw, and the adjective reXsio;, are applied by the Greek writers... | |
 | Shakers - 1823 - 352 pages
...patriarchs and prophets, says, " And these all having obtained a good report through faith, re" ceived not the promise : God having provided some better thing " for us, that they toithout us should not be made perfect."* These having been faithful to walk according to the light... | |
 | Shakers - 1823 - 348 pages
...all, having obtained a good " report through faith, received not the promise : God having pro" vided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be " made perfect."J It appears to be a prevailing opinion, that those who died in faith, before the coming... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1824 - 602 pages
...this word is supposed to include heaven. In Heb. xi. 39, 40, St. Paul says of the ancient saints, ' And these all, having obtained a good report through...thing for us, that they without us, should not be made perfect.' The promise here denotes, I apprehend, the good, or reward, promised to faith and obedience,... | |
 | Thom Scott - 1824 - 622 pages
...and confessed that they were strangers and pil" grims on the earth." " These all, having ob" tained a good report through faith, received not " the promise...some better " thing for us ; that they without us might not be " made perfect." 2 Beyond doubt the promise of a Saviour, given' immediately after the... | |
 | Samuel Davies - 1864 - 686 pages
...many ages ago ; but St. Paul tells us, whose privilege it was to live in gospel-day, that " God has provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect," Heb. xi. 40 : for us he has provided the clear revelation of the gospel ; and shall... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1825 - 572 pages
...them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth; Heb. ri. 13. And these all, having obtained a good report through...better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect, 39, 40. VER. 24. yíyem líe Xftrríy, ¡Va ex -ял'- г. г; eiftir Wherefore a the... | |
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And these all, having obtained a good report through faith received not the promise, God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. 
