 | Jean Calvin - 1816 - 606 pages
...better country, that (2) Gen. xxxv. 22. (a) Gen. xxx*iii. 13—18. (4) Gen. xlii. (r) Gen. xlvii. 9is, an heavenly; wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city." (rf) For they would have been stupid beyond all comparison, so steadily to follow promises,... | |
 | Thomas Stackhouse - 1817 - 636 pages
...himself to make them happy after this life, according to what the author to the Hebrews observes, " wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God ; for he hath prepared for them a city," Ileb. xi. Iti. This way of arguing was of great force againtt the Sadducees, who denied the... | |
 | 1817 - 842 pages
...whence they came out, they might hâve had opportunity to hâve returned : 16 But now they désire a better country, that is, an heavenly : wherefore God is not ashamed to be <al ici! their God ; for he hath prepared for them a city. 17 By faith Abraham, whenhe was tried. ofl'ered... | |
 | George Horne, William Jones - 1818 - 604 pages
...plainly, that they seek a coun" try. And truly, if they had been mindful of that " country from whence they came out, they might " have had opportunity to...called their " God : for he hath prepared for them a city." Agreeably to this account, if we look into the story of those friends and favourites of heaven,... | |
 | George Horne (bp. of Norwich.) - 1818 - 600 pages
...plainly, that they seek a coun" try. And truly, if they had been mindful of that " country from whence they came out, they might " have had opportunity to...called their " God : for he hath prepared for them a city." Agreeably to this account, if we look into the story of those friends and favourites of heaven,... | |
 | James Milligan - 1818 - 304 pages
...been mindful ef that country from whence they came out, they might have had an opportunity to kave returned. But now they desire a better .country, that...called their God : for he hath .prepared for them a city. By what charter did he become their God, if not by the covenant of graee ? If it was not by that,... | |
 | Enoch Pond - 1818 - 112 pages
...provided for them a heavenly city, is certain from the apostle Paul. " Now they desire," he observes, " a better country, that is, an heavenly. Wherefore...called their God ; for he hath prepared for them a city." {Heb. xi. 16.) — In short, if God is the indivisible sum of all good, whenever he promises... | |
 | George Burder - 1818 - 332 pages
...Testament believers are more clearly taught to expect a future and eternal inheritance in Heaven; " wherefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he hath prepared for them a city" (Heb. xi. 16) : as if it had been said, God would be ashamed to be called their God, if nothing... | |
 | 1820 - 190 pages
...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...called their God, for he hath prepared for them a city." " And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the... | |
 | Thomas Robbins - 1820 - 186 pages
...therefore, the true friends and children of Christ. Thus it is testified of them, in the same chapter, " But now they desire a 'better country, that is, an...called their ;God : for he hath prepared for them a cjty." He that had prepared a cily for the ancient saints, is the same holy Saviour that said to his... | |
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But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city. 
