 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 574 páginas
...barrenness, that thy seed, both spiritual and carnal, shall be as infinite in number, as they. XV. 6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness. And Abram believed in God, and stedrastly relied on these gracious promises, which were... | |
 | Elias Smith - 1808 - 308 páginas
...heaven, and tell the a.rs, if thou be able to number them ; and he faid uii,) hhn, fo fhall thy feed be ; and he believed in the L.ORD ; and he counted it to him for righteoufnefs. And ie faid unto him, I am the LORD thai brought thee out BZef Ur of the Chaldees, to... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 páginas
...and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them : and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. 6 And he believed in the LORD ; and he counted it to him for righteousness. 7 And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to... | |
 | John Bevans - 1810 - 134 páginas
...Canaan they came. 7. And there builded he an altar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him. Gen. xv. 6. And he believed in the Lord ; and he counted it to him for righteousness. Rom.iv. 11. And he [Abraham] received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness... | |
 | Robert Trail - 1810 - 530 páginas
...and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them. And he said utsta /tint, so sluiil thy seed be. And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness. What was this believing in the Lord, but the believing with the heart, the truth of... | |
 | William Jones - 1810 - 502 páginas
...it shews, that God is pleased with faith, and that without faith it is impossible to please him — he believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness. Gen. xv. 6. If you would know the justice of this, the case is plain. Man is in a state... | |
 | John Owen, Edward Williams - 1812 - 506 páginas
...seed should be as the stars of heaven, that cannot be numbered;" for it is immediately added, that "he believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness," Gen. xv, 5, 6. For although this promise concerned things temporal, yet it belonged... | |
 | George Pretyman - 1811 - 614 páginas
...works, which Faith consisted in giving implicit c»edit to God's promise of numerous descendants, " He believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness (I)." Abraham therefore was justified upon that occasion, in the same manner as St. Paul... | |
 | John Smith - 1812 - 286 páginas
...was yet childless, God promised him, that his seed should be as numerous as the stars of heaven. " And he believed in the Lord ; and he counted it to him for righteousness."! This promise had ultimate reference to his covenant seed, which were to consist of... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1812 - 560 páginas
...juftificalion in his fight, it may not be improper to infert here the two following notes on Gen. xv. 6. ' And he believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteoufnefs,' taken from the author's manufcript work on the firil tweatythree chapters of Genefis,... | |
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And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them : and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. And he believed in the LORD ; and he counted it to him for righteousness. 
