 | John Smith - 1812 - 286 pages
...covenant with Abraham. This was a gracious covenant. The. blessings were freely promised. Says Paul, " If the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise ; but God gave it to Abraham by promise. "f The condition of this gracious covenant, as afterwards renewed to Abraham in more explicit terms,... | |
 | John Locke - 1812 - 516 pages
...Chiist. 17 And this I say, thut the covenant that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect. PARAPHRASE. in human affairs, that a promise, or compact, though it be barely a man's covenant, yet... | |
 | John Owen - 1813 - 644 pages
...confirmed before of God in Christ, (that is, the promise given unto Abraham, ver. 16.) the law which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect." As if he had said, God made a promise to Abraham, or made a covenant with him, whereby he was evangelized,... | |
 | 1812 - 292 pages
...himself. And this I say, that the Covenant that was confirme4 before of God in Christ, the law. which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise . ojnone effect. For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise ; but God gave it to... | |
 | 1813 - 580 pages
...iii. 17. And this 1 say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect. d Rom. xv. 8. Now I say, that Jesus Christ was a minister of the cir. cumcision for the trutrf of God,... | |
 | 1841 - 712 pages
...Jewish prejudices. " The covenant that was confirmed before of God in Christ the law which was 430 years after cannot disannul that it should make the promise of none effect." The law, like a dark cloud behind the " bow," served but to render the promise, the covenant, the "... | |
 | 1814 - 570 pages
...the law is not of faith; but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.g 18 For if the inheritanee be of the law, it is no more of promise ; but God gave it to Abraham by promise. 14 That the blessing of Abrahami might eome on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might reeeive... | |
 | Thomas Bell - 1814 - 514 pages
...covenant of grace, Gal. iii. 17. The covenant that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect. Yea, it was such a covenant as did, in its own nature, bear a method of obtaining the inheritance,... | |
 | Church of England - 1815 - 450 pages
...Christ. And this I say, That the covenant that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the Law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul,...of promise ; but God gave it to Abraham by promise. Wherefore then serveth the Law? It was added because of transgressions, till the 143 seed should come,... | |
 | Catholic Church - 1815 - 738 pages
...law which was made after four hundred and thirty years, doth not disannul, or make the promise of no effect For if the inheritance be of the law, it is...of promise. But God gave it to Abraham by promise. Why then was the law ? It was set because of transgressions, until the seed should; come, to whom he... | |
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And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect. 
