 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned ; but now they desire a better country, that is, an...  Sermons on the Following Subjects ... - Page 388de Samuel Clarke - 1730Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Thomas Boston - 1802 - 422 pages
...16. " For they that fay fuch things, declare plainly that they feek a country. And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came...they defire a better country, that is, an heavenly i wherefore God is not afhamed to be called their God ; for he hath prepared for them a city." There... | |
 | 1804 - 476 pages
...For they that say such things, declare plainly that they seek a country. 15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came...out, they might have had opportunity to have returned : 16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly ; wherefore God is not ashamed to be... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards, Samuel Hopkins - 1804 - 404 pages
...Haran, and from Ur of the Chaklees, by the i^th verfe, where the Apoftle fays, " and truly if they had been mindful of that country " from whence they came...they might have had " opportunity to have returned." It was they that up.. on God's call left their own country. Two things may be obferved in the text;.... | |
 | 1804 - 438 pages
...For they that say such things, declare plainly that they seek a country. 1 5 And truly if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came...out, they might have had opportunity to have returned : 16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be... | |
 | Abner Kneeland - 1804 - 416 pages
...say such things, declare plainly, that they seek a country. And truly if they had been mindful of the country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. But now, they desire a better country 5 that is, an heavenly. Wherefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God... | |
 | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - 1808 - 326 pages
...regard. They that say such things declare plainly, that they seek a country, And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came...have had opportunity to have returned ; but now they seek a better country ; that is an heavenly, Heb. xi. 14, 15, 16. That is to say, those holy men could... | |
 | Elias Smith - 1808 - 308 pages
...19-] For they that fay fuch things, declare plainly that they feek a country. And truly if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had an opportunity to have returned ; but now they defire a better country, that is an heavenly ; wherefore... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 582 pages
...upon their glorious home in heaven. XI. 15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country Jrom whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. It was not in respect of Mesopotamia, whence they came, that they accounted themselves strangers ;... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1809 - 540 pages
...earth. For they that say such things, declure plainly that they seek a country. And truly if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came...have had opportunity to have returned : But now they desire a better country, that is, an. heavenly." So also the respect which a godly person hath to heaven,... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1809 - 578 pages
...Haran, and from Ur of the Chaldees, by the 15th verse, where the apostle says, " and truly if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came...they might have had opportunity to have returned." It was they that upon God's call left their own country. Two things may be observed in the text. 1.... | |
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