 | Alexander Murray (Schoolmaster) - 1815 - 564 Seiten
...MYSELF have I SWORN, saith JEHOVAH." But the Holy Ghost says, Heb. vi. 13. " When GOD made a promise to Abraham, because he could SWEAR by no GREATER, he SWARE by HIMSELF." The same we find in several other accounts of appearances in scripture, which would be too tedious... | |
 | 1815 - 608 Seiten
...imitators of them who thro' faith and patience inherit the promises. 13. For when God made a promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, 14. Surely I will greatly bless thee, and abundantly multiply thee. 15. And so, having patiently waited,... | |
 | John Brodhead Romeyn - 1816 - 470 Seiten
...followers of them who, through " faith and patience, inherit the pro" mises. For when God made promise to " Abraham, because he could swear by no " greater, he sware by himself, saying, ee Surely in blessing I will bless thee, and " multiplying I will multiply thee. And f< so,... | |
 | George Horne (bp. of Norwich.) - 1818 - 574 Seiten
...promise by an oath, is finely touched upon in the Epistle to the Hebrews. " When God made " promise to Abraham, because he could swear by " no greater, he sware by himself, saying, Surely, " blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will " multiply thee — For men verily... | |
 | Hosea Ballou - 1818 - 480 Seiten
...heirs of promise, the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath ; for when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself." And the design of this oath was, " that we might have strong consolation who have fled for refuge to... | |
 | Samuel Chapman Loveland - 1818 - 244 Seiten
...Hebrews, argues the unconditionally of the promise in the following language : "For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, saying, Surely, blessing, I will bless thee ; and multiplying, I will multiply thee. And so after he... | |
 | George Horne, William Jones - 1818 - 566 Seiten
...promise by an oath, is finely touched upon in the Epistle to the Hebrews. " When God made " promise to Abraham, because he could swear by " no greater, he sware by himself, saying, Surely, " blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will " multiply thee — For men verily... | |
 | George Burder - 1818 - 332 Seiten
...appearances, was made to him. So St. Paul relates the matter (Heb. vi. 13) :" When God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself," saying, " Surely, blessing I will bless thee ;" in the book of Genesis it is, " By myself have I sworn,... | |
 | Enoch Pond - 1818 - 112 Seiten
...connexion, but one passage1 more. Writing to the Hebrews, the apostle says— " When God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, saying, Surely blessing, I will bless thee, and multiplying, I •will multiply thee that by two immutable... | |
 | Thomas Hannam - 1818 - 328 Seiten
...evident enough. " A* I live, saith the Lord." (Ezek. xxxiii. 11.) St. Paul tells us, " Because God could swear by no greater,, he sware by himself.'' (Heb. vi. 13.) " As I live, saitb. the Lord, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked." Revelation opens to you... | |
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For men verily swear by the greater : and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. 
