 | George Burder - 1818 - 332 pages
...faith of Abraham, who could confide in the power of God, when probabilities were all against him, " being fully persuaded that what he had promised, he was able also to perform." Thus the noble confessors in Daniel's time were courageous for Jehovah, being assured that the God... | |
 | Elhanan Winchester - 1819 - 248 pages
...improbable, if not impossible.—- "He staggered not at the promise of GOD, through unbelief: but wai strong in faith, giving glory to God ; And being fully...what he had promised, he was able also to perform," Rom. iv. 18 19, 20, 21. This is the only way I answer this objection to my satisfaction — GOD hath... | |
 | Thomas Young - 1822 - 348 pages
...not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old ; neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb : he staggered...what he had promised, he was able also to perform : and therefore it was imputed unto him for righteousness." (ver. 19 — 22.) 4. Moreover, we have... | |
 | W. F. LLOYD - 1822 - 178 pages
...Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith. (S.Eph.17.) 18. Was Abraham an admirable example of faith ? He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief,...what He had promised, He was able also to perform. (4 Rom. 20. 21.) 19. How did St Paul express his firm faith? I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded... | |
 | John Pearson (bp. of Chester.) - 1822 - 576 pages
...confidence of Abraham the father of the faithful, who " staggered not at the promise of Godthrongh unbelief, but was strong in faith, giving glory to...what he had promised he was able also to perform," Rom. iv. 20. The promises of God are therefore firm and sure, because he is both willing and able to... | |
 | 1823 - 154 pages
...Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith. (3 Eph. 17.) 18. Was Abraham an admirable example of faith ? He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief;...what He had promised, He was able also to perform. (4 Rom. 20, 21.) 19. How did St. Paul express his firm faith ? I know whom I have believed, and am... | |
 | John Locke - 1823 - 462 pages
...strong in faith, giving glory to God: 22 And, therefore, it was imputed to him for righteousness. 21 And being fully persuaded, that what he had promised, he was able also to perform. 23 Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him; 25 Who was delivered for... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1824 - 636 pages
...from which I propose to show that this confidence was the faith of Abraham, is Rom. iv. 20 — 22. ' He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief,...that what he had promised he was able also to perform ; and therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.' The faith of Abraham here described, in which... | |
 | 1824 - 588 pages
...womb."—He did not look at the difficulty, or as one might say, the impossibility of the thing ' —" He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief;...what he had promised he was able also to perform." All he considered was the truth and power of the promiser: and this is faith ; the full persuasion,... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 522 pages
...believed in hope, &c. And being not weak in faith, be considered not his 87 own body now dead, &c. but was strong in faith, giving glory to God ; and...that what he had promised he was able also to perform : and therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. — Rom. iv. 5. 16. 18—22. Now if we be... | |
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So shall'. thy seed be,) and being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb ; he staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in... 
