...bodies, in the resurrection, as if it had already taken place. Hence the reasoning of the Apostle : " By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in...he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God." " And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came...

...condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. 8 By faith Abraham, when be was called to go out into a place which he should...not knowing whither he went. By faith he sojourned land of promise, as m in a 9 the strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the...

...fulfil it. The same proportion appears between his faith and his hope, when it is said of him, " By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a...same promise ; for he looked for a city which hath founda* Rom. iv. 16—21. lions, whose builder and maker is God."* His hope both of the earthly or...

...should after receive for an inheritance, he obeyed ; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. And by faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in...he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God." Of his descendants, it is comprehensively stated, — " They all died in...

...confidence of the child in the parent — sincere, cordial, implicit. This was the faith of Abraham. " By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a...inheritance, obeyed, and he went out, not knowing whither he went." This was the faith of Job — " Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him." That this faith...

...fulfil it. The same proportion appears between his faith and his hope, when it is said of him, "By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a...inheritance, obeyed ; and he went out, not knowing whither he l Horn . iv. 16—21. went. By faith he sojourned iu the land of promise, as in a strange country,...

...Abraham, when he was called " to go up into a place, which he should after receive for an in" heritance, obeyed ; and he went out, not knowing whither he "...looked for a " city, which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is " God."* And again, speaking of the Patriarchs : " These all (says the Apostle...

...Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day ; and he saw it, and was glad ;" and in Heb. xi. 9, 10, " not before, saying, " I am the Almighty God ; walk...covenant with thee for an everlasting covenant., and I wi Builder and Maker is God :" and afterwards, inverse 1(5, it is said of all the seven worthies previously...

...which they were evidently regarded by the Author of the Epistle to the Hebrews. Of Abraham he says ; " by faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in...he looked for a city, which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God." Then he adds, " These all died in faith, not having received the promises,...

...swallowed up of life" — and again in his Epistle to the Hebrews (Heb. xi. 9), " By faith he (Abraham) sojourned in the land of promise as in a strange country,...he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. .. .These all died in the faith, not having received the promises, but having...