 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.  The Works of John Owen - Page 192de John Owen - 1826Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Samuel Seabury - 1815 - 316 pages
...good report through faith, received not * Luke xx. 38. f Luke xxiii. 43. $ Acts ii. 34. the promise : God having provided some better thing for us ; that they without us should not be made perfect.'* There is, therefore, some promise which these saints have not yet received, which they... | |
 | Elias Boudinot - 1815 - 600 pages
...having obtained a good report, through faith received not the promises; (though actually made to them) God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be . The prophet Ezekiel holds up this doctrine in his xxxviith c/iap. from the ISthver. "therefore prophecy... | |
 | Elias Boudinot - 1815 - 598 pages
...through faith, received not the promises," and the reason is plainly given, that " God having foreseen some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect :" that is, God in his infinite wisdom has so ordered the progressive nature of the redemption... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1817 - 616 pages
..." For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did." And chap. xi. 40. " God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made period." The ancient dispensation is spoken of. -is that which God found fault with, in proving... | |
 | Matthew Henry - 1818 - 234 pages
...things which the an4 gels themselves desire to look into.w And especially we bless thee, that thou Iiast provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect./? (6.) For the w onderful and mysterious incarnation of the Son of God, and his coming... | |
 | 1819 - 488 pages
...of the earth. 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 perfect11. Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1819 - 616 pages
...Ancient saints, 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. The promise here denotes, I apprehend, the good, or reward, promised to Faith and obedience,... | |
 | 1820 - 230 pages
...Christians past. In the conclusion , he declares that these saints had not received the pro. niise, " God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect." I would wish to know to what church formally existing m the world, the patriarchs for... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Mary Martha Sherwood - 1822 - 326 pages
...of the earth. 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.' (Heb. xi. 205 33—40.) Claude also taught his little boys to write ; and they could... | |
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