| Richard Graves - 1831 - 528 pages
...in" heritance, obeyed ; and he went out, not knowing whither he " went. By faith he sojourned in the land of promise as in a " strange country, dwelling...same promise. For he looked for a " city, which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is " God."* And again, speaking of the Patriarchs : " These all... | |
| Edward Maltby (bp. of Durham.) - 1831 - 422 pages
...regarded by the Author of the Epistle to the Hebrews. Of Abraham he says ; " by faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling...same promise : for he looked for a city, which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God." Then he adds, " These all died in faith, not having received... | |
| 1831 - 982 pages
...to see my day ; and he saw it, and was glad ;" and in Heb. xi. 9, 10, " By faith he sojourned in the he Almighty God ; walk before me, and be thou perfect,...establish my covenant with thee for an everlasting foundations, whose Builder and Maker is God :" and afterwards, inverse 1(5, it is said of all the seven... | |
| William Latta McCalla - 1831 - 410 pages
...when he says, (( By faith he sojourned " in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwel" ling in tabernacles, with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs "...same promise ; for he looked for a " city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker " is God."(y) 3. You will, no doubt, be astonished to hear that... | |
| George Fox - 1831 - 518 pages
...shepherd ; and by faith Abraham sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, and dwelt in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise ; for they looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker was God. Heb. xi. 9, 10. So... | |
| Ralph Wardlaw - 1832 - 168 pages
...— that they founded their expectations on divine promise : — " By faith Abraham sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling...Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise : for," — on the ground of that promise surely — " he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder... | |
| William Jay - 1832 - 704 pages
...daughter ? " He had respect unto the recompense of the reward." How came Abraham to " sojourn in the land of promise as in a strange country, dwelling...and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise ? " He looked for a city which had foundations, whose builder and maker is God." Thus the Hebrews took... | |
| 1832 - 642 pages
...testimony; we being informed by the apostle, he speaking of Abraham, says, " By faith he sojourned in the land of promise as in a strange country, dwelling...and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise." And afterwards says, concerning the antedeluvians, and postdeluvian patriarchs, Abel, Enoch, Noah,... | |
| 1832 - 896 pages
...daughter ? ' He had respect unto the recomJ pence of the reward.' How came Abraham to 'sojourn in the land of promise as in a strange country, dwelling...and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise ?' ' He looked for a city which had foundations, whose builder and maker is God.' Thus the Hebrews... | |
| Richard Watson - 1832 - 1030 pages
...promise of a heavenly inheritance. Hence St. Paul says, " By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise ;" but this " faith" did not respect the fulfilment of the temporal promise ; for St. Paul odds, "... | |
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