...alludes in Heb. xi., when he says of the ancient fathers, they " died in having RECEIVED THE and adds, " God having provided some BETTER THING for us; that they, without us," — that is, perhaps, without our time arriving, when Christ should actually r^new the full assurance...

...encountered every danger, and even braved all the terrors of death. " These all," adds the apostle, " having obtained a good report through faith, received not...better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.'" Then follows his noble and eloquent exhortation ; " Wherefore, seeing we also are compassed...

...very day. Made perfect; You will say, Doth not the same apostle thus express himself? Heb. xi. 40, " God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect." Answ. 1. They borrowed their perfection from our gospel dispensation ; for the law made...

...Jesus Christ, or the Son incarnate, because the grace of it unto them was not to be accomplished ; ' God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect;' they were not intrusted with the full revelation of God, by all his blessed names. Neither...

...all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off. These all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not...better thing for Us, that they without us should not be made perfect. h ACTS, ii. 4 : They were all filled with the Holy Ghost. 2 COR. i. 22 : Who hath alao...

...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 perfect. Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let...

...risen with healing under his wings : and Christians are all the children of the light and of the day ; God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. Hence our Saviour said to his disciples — not comparing them with the Gentiles, but...

...Is it asked how Paul and others were come to them ? I answerj that this is explained, chap. 11: 40, "God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect." They were come to the better thing provided, without whjch- those persons were not perfected....

...assurance that their little sweet ones were delivered from a vain and evil worM. ' All these, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: God having provided better things for them;' Heb. xi. 39, 40: — even * an inheritance incorruptible, and undefined, and...

...things. NC For the Clirislitiii Spectator. Exposition of Hebreicg xi. 39, 40. And these ull, having obtained a good report through faith received not the promise : God having prodded some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. This passage occasions...