...earth. 39 Aod these all, having obtained a good report through faith, reeeived not the promise: 40 God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfeet. CHAP. XII. 1 An exhortation to eonstant faith, patienee, $ godliness. 22 Jl eommendation...

...obtained a good report through faith, received not * Luke xx. 38. f Luke xxiii. 43. $ Acts ii. 34. the promise : God having provided some better thing for us ; that they without us should not be made perfect.'* There is, therefore, some promise which these saints have not yet received, which they...

...having obtained a good report, through faith received not the promises; (though actually made to them) God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be . The prophet Ezekiel holds up this doctrine in his xxxviith c/iap. from the ISthver. "therefore prophecy...

...through faith, received not the promises," and the reason is plainly given, that " God having foreseen some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect :" that is, God in his infinite wisdom has so ordered the progressive nature of the redemption...

..." For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did." And chap. xi. 40. " God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made period." The ancient dispensation is spoken of. -is that which God found fault with, in proving...

...things which the an4 gels themselves desire to look into.w And especially we bless thee, that thou Iiast provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect./? (6.) For the w onderful and mysterious incarnation of the Son of God, and his coming...

...they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. And these all having obtained a good report through faith, received not...better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect11. Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and...

...supposed to include heaven. In Heb. xi. 39, 40, St. Paul says of the Ancient saints, And these all, having obtained a good report through Faith, received not...better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. The promise here denotes, I apprehend, the good, or reward, promised to Faith and obedience,...

...deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the swh. And these all having obtained a ?°od report through faith, received not the promise, God having provided some better toing for us, that they without us should cot be made perfect." Previous to the appearance of Emanuel—...

...Christians past. In the conclusion , he declares that these saints had not received the pro. niise, " God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect." I would wish to know to what church formally existing m the world, the patriarchs for...