 | Temple Chevallier - 1826 - 460 Seiten
...should be given to him and his seed for ever, and that his seed should be as the dust of the earth.1 Immediately after he was returned from rescuing his...whom the Son, according to the promise, should be born. 1 But it was not until Abraham had given the fullest proof of his faith in God, by offering up... | |
 | Joseph Fincher - 1827 - 438 Seiten
...heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them : and he 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. And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might... | |
 | John Fuller - 1829 - 448 Seiten
...write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake." Gen. xv. 6. " And he believed in the Lord ; and he counted it to him for righteousness." James ii. 21. " Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered... | |
 | Rev. Jonathan Dickinson - 1829 - 520 Seiten
...was more than so long before this, that Abraham had this testimony given him in Gen. xv. 6. " That he believed in the Lord : and he counted it to him for righteousness." Yea, he was a believer so long before, as his first leaving his father's house. " By... | |
 | William Jones (of Nayland.) - 1829 - 654 Seiten
...shews, that God is pleased with faith, and that without faith it is impossible to please him — " He believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness." Gen. xv. G. If you would know the justice of this, the case is plain. Man is in a state... | |
 | Morning watch - 1830 - 814 Seiten
...Galatians, he now urges the mighty power of faith, in the example of Abraham,. taken from Gen. xv. 6, " And he believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness." This was. in the promise. of the Seed: " Gal. iii. 8, " And the Scripture, foreseeing... | |
 | Grierson - 1830 - 318 Seiten
...the Messiah, who is Jesus of Nazareth : upon him we must look whom we have pierced, and mourn, — ' And he believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness.' I believe in Jesus Christ my Lord and Saviour." Bathshcba, the wife of Rabbi Solomon,... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1830 - 574 Seiten
...called believing in God and believing in the name of God, (Beshem, with the prefix Beth.) Gen. xv. 6. " And he believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness." Exod. xiv. 31. " And the people believ.ed the Lord," (in the original, believed in... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1832 - 834 Seiten
...heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them. And he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness. THE enjoyment of the divine presence is truly satisfying to the soul. In having the... | |
 | 1832 - 618 Seiten
...tliee shall all families of the earth be blessed. So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him ; and he believed in the Lord; and He counted it to him for righteousness ; and he was called the friend of God." Thus was the standard of truth erected amidst... | |
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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. And he believed in the LORD ; and he counted it to him for righteousness. 
