 | Abraham Booth - 1827 - 380 Seiten
...full of glory." " He that believeth hath everlasting life," in the promise and earnest of it. Having " fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before them ;" those two immutable things, • John viii. 35. Gal. iv. 30. f Rom- vi- 23J Luke xxii. 29. Thus the... | |
 | Samuel Hutchinson - 1827 - 214 Seiten
...obey him. And this is the very ground on which the Apostle places the strong consolation of those who have fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before us. See HEB. vi, 13, on to 18, viz. : The oath of God to Abraham, that in Christ all nations should... | |
 | Adam Clarke - 1827 - 288 Seiten
...as there is in it such a fulness of merit, it must excite the strongest confidence in them who flee to lay hold on the hope set before them in the gospel. 4. As nothing less than this infinitely meritorious sacrifice could have been sufficient for the redemption... | |
 | John Ryland - 1828 - 534 Seiten
...kingdom of God, but his wrath abideth on you. How needful is it then, for such to be excited to flee for refuge, to lay hold on the hope set before them in the gospel. And with what gratitude should those who have done so, look back on their former hopeless state, and... | |
 | Ashbel Green - 1828 - 226 Seiten
...immutability ; and of the necessity for sinners actively to endeavor " to obtain salvation," by ' 'flying for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before them in the gospel.' He illustrated the import of the doctrine by referring to the emblems on the flag; that, as the evening... | |
 | Esther Copley - 1828 - 464 Seiten
...read these lines ; but now, while it is called to-day, may they listen to the voice of mercy, and flee for refuge, to lay hold on the hope set before them in the gospell FISH. The general name of fish, or fishes, occurs frequently both in the Old and New Testament... | |
 | James Haldane Stewart - 1828 - 500 Seiten
...city of refuge, the Lord Jesus Christ, in whom there is perfect safety. These words, therefore, " who have fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before them," are intended to describe the heirs of promise by a fact known to themselves. For these heirs are none... | |
 | 1828 - 588 Seiten
...two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie," they have " strong consolation who have fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before us." He has ensured their salvation by his promise and his oath. He will remember his covenant wherein... | |
 | Susan Huntington - 1828 - 410 Seiten
...favoured. My mind is weak, and I cannot direct and fix my thoughts ' as I once could. But I think I have fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before me in the precious Gospel ; and He who is the foundation of that hope will never forsake me." Then,... | |
 | Esther Copley - 1829 - 514 Seiten
...second coming? the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, and those only .will be saved who have fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before them in the gospel. This portion of history may he profitably compared with James ii. Heb. xi. and 2 Pet. ii. The city... | |
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Wherein God, willing more abundantly to show unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath. " That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled... 
