 | 1837 - 588 Seiten
...heaven, and tell the stars if thon 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 This passage is quoted by Paul — and the act of offering up Isaac, referred to by James,... | |
 | James Macknight - 1835 - 818 Seiten
...19. as was formerly observed, p. 251. From these things it is plain, that Moses' words, Gen. xv. 6. ' He believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness,' do not imply, according to their second meaning, that Abraham was then justified or... | |
 | Jonathan Dickinson - 1835 - 368 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 Howels - 1836 - 556 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."2 The Word is a divine person ; mark the following passages proving that the Word, was... | |
 | Edward Crook - 1836 - 282 Seiten
...your attention to, that is, of the trial of Abraham's faith : now Abraham was a n>an of much faith, and he believed in the Lord ; and he counted it to him for righteousness. (Gen. xv. 6.) Now, Abraham had believed that the Lord would multiply his seed as the... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - 1836 - 574 Seiten
...considered as an express quotation — being ushered in by the question, " Have ye not read ?" — " And he believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness," Gen. xv. 6. " For what saith the scripture ? Abraham believed God, and it was counted... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Publication - 1836 - 386 Seiten
...The terms of that covenant were faith and obedience ; the same as those 'of the gospel covenant. " And he believed in the Lord ; and he counted it to him for righteousness." (Gen. xv. 6.) " And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed ; because... | |
 | Richard Claridge - 1836 - 346 Seiten
...for this were to entail the blessing upon carnal birthright. But as it is testified of Abraham, That he believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness, Gen. xv. 6, so the apostle witnesseth, That this was not written for his sake alone,... | |
 | Richard Claridge - 1836 - 350 Seiten
...for this were to entail the blessing upon carnal birthright. But as it is testified of Abraham, That he believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness, Gen. xv. 6, so the apostle witnesseth, That this was not written for his sake alone,... | |
 | PROTESTANTISM - 1836 - 354 Seiten
...numerous posterity, and that in him should "all the families of the earth be blessed;" it is said, thatf " he believed in the 'Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness." To guide us into a right understanding of these words, the Holy Spirit has himself... | |
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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. 
