 | Church of England, Sir John Bayley - 1816 - 738 pages
...The promise just stated are of two sorts; one concenu»! 17. And this I say, That the covenant (я), that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law,...years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the 18. promise of none effedt. For if the inheritance (o) be of the law (j>), it is no more of promise:... | |
 | Samuel Stanhope Smith - 1816 - 560 pages
...implying the covenant contained in the promises, which was confirmed before of God in Christ, the lam which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promst of none effect. The promise here is evidently equivalent to the rorenanf made with Abraham :... | |
 | Jean Calvin - 1816 - 524 pages
...legal conditions. This is the reason why he more than once strongly opposes the promise to the law. " If the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise;" (/>) and more in the same chapter to the same purpose. It is certain that the law also has its promises.... | |
 | Wesleyan Methodists services - 1817 - 278 pages
...promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one. And to thy seed, which is Christ. And this I say, that the covenant that was confirmed...effect. For if the inheritance be of the law, it is DO more of promise; but God gave it to Abraham by promise. Wherefore then serveth the law? It -was... | |
 | Thomas Scott - 1817 - 530 pages
...any other law, real or supposed, in the matter of justification, will be considered hereafter. But " the Covenant, that was confirmed before " of God in...should " make the promise of none effect. For if the inherit" ance be of the law, it \is no more of promise: but " God gave it to Abraham by promise." —... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1817 - 568 pages
...law he speaks of was a'iven so long after the covenant with Abraham, in Gal. iii. 17. ',' And this 1 say, that the covenant that was confirmed before of...hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul." But, say they, it ' was only the Mosaic administration, and not the covenant of works; that was given... | |
 | 1817 - 680 pages
...which was four hundred and thirty years after, doth not disannul, so as to make the promise of none 18 effect. For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise : but God freely gave it to Abraham by promise. 19 To what purpose then was the law ? It was added because of... | |
 | 1817 - 842 pages
...cannot disanuul, that it should make thé promise of none efleot. 18 For if thé inheritance be of thé law, it is no more of promise : but God gave it to Abraham by promise. 19 A quoi donc sert la loi? Elle a été ajoutée à la promesse, à cause des transgressions, jusqu'à... | |
 | Adam Clarke - 1817 - 746 pages
...17, The covenant that Was confirmed before, to Abraham, of God in Christ, the Ian:, ichich <sus 430 years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none rjfrcl : for if the inheritance be, of the law, it is no more of promise. Rut God gore it to Abraham... | |
 | Hosea Ballou - 1818 - 480 pages
...made to Abraham in Christ, the Apostle calls a covenant, as he expresses in his next words ; " Arid this I say, that the covenant that was confirmed before...promise ; but God gave it to Abraham by promise." By this scripture we learn that the promises made to Abraham are called a covenant which was confirmed... | |
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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. 
