 | 1825 - 724 pages
...Genesis, when the promise of a numerous progeny was made to Abraham—" and he brought him tin i lj abroad, and said, Look now toward Heaven, and tell the STARS, if 1 1 IMH be able to number then* ; and He said to him, so shall tby seed be.'' This is al«o repeated... | |
 | Cotton Mather - 1825 - 298 pages
...better and more regular capacity for prosecuting these intentions ? . My Reader — " Look now towards heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them ;" yea, tell first the leaves of a Hyrcanian forest, and the' drops of the Atlantic ocean — then... | |
 | Jonathan Law Pomeroy - 1826 - 332 pages
...throughout the whole earth. It is said in the account which we have of God's promise to Abraham. And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward...them; and he said unto him, so shall thy seed be. The spiritual seed of Abraham will probably, far out number his natural posterity; and to his spiritual... | |
 | George Townsend - 1826 - 902 pages
...not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. 5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward...thou be able to number them : and he said unto him, m So shall thy seed be. ,„ Rom. ir. 6 And he n believed in the LORD ; and he counted it to JfRom.... | |
 | Robert Wilson (A.M.) - 1826 - 236 pages
...shall not be thine heir ; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to sum them. And he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. And he believed the LORD ; and he counted it... | |
 | Richard Carlile - 1826 - 878 pages
...case by an example, before we decide so hastily. God promised to Abraham, saying, " Look now towards heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them. And he said, so shall thy seed be." Gen. xv. 5. This promise was repeated still more explicitly to Jacob. " And... | |
 | Samuel Hutchinson - 1827 - 214 pages
...the \vorld, through Christ, who was the seed of Abraham according to the flesh." GEN. xv£ 5, " And he brought him forth abroad, and said, look now toward...stars if thou be able to number them : and he said Onto him, so shall thy seed be.'' CHAP, xvn, 5, " For a father of many nations have I made thee." CHAP.... | |
 | Joseph Fincher - 1827 - 438 pages
...thine own bowels shall be thine heir. And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward B heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number...said unto him, So shall thy seed be. And he believed in the Lord ; and He counted it to him for righteousness. THE PRAYER OF ABRAHAM. GENESIS xvii. 18.... | |
 | 1827 - 842 pages
...not be thine heir ; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowHs s^all be thine heir. 5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able In number them, he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. And 6 H And he befi.eved in the LORD ; and... | |
 | Henry Hunter - 1828 - 242 pages
...manner of the vision is fully conveyed to us ; it was early in the morning while it was yet dark, for " he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward...number them. And he said unto him, So shall thy seed be,"t Scripture allusions to natural objects, are adapted to the ordinary conceptions of mankind. The... | |
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And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them : and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. 
