...all families of the earth be blessed. So Abram departed as the Lord had spoken unto him". By faith, when he was called to go out into a place, which he should after receive for an inheritance, he obeyed ; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. By faith he sojourned in the land of promise,...

...do not restrain or qualify its signification. 2. By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into place which he should after receive for an inheritance,...obeyed' ; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. 3. Blessed is the man that endureth temptation' ; for when he is tried he shall receive the crown...

...sermons we increasing demands made upou them. The Fifth Sermon is on Hebrew» xi. 8—10: " By faith, Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should afterward receive for an inheritance, obeyed. And he went out, not knowing whither he went. By faith,...

...ye trusted after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Eph. i. 13. By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place...inheritance, obeyed ; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. Heb. xi. 8. We arc of them that believe to the saving of the soul. Heb. x. 39. We through the...

...ourselves better by them. It is observable what the Spirit of God notes concerning Abraham, Heb. xi. 9. " He sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange...country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, heirs of the same promise." He is not said to dwell with the natives of that land, " but with Isaac...

...life requires no proof, is made evident by the apostle in his Epistle to the Hebrews.* " By faith, Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place...he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose maker and builder is God." — " These all died in faith, not having received the promises ; but having...

...possession of great wealth, left all at his command to sojourn in a strange land, 1' where he dwelt in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with...he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God." Similar was the opinion entertained by Moses, that eminent prophet, to whom...

...selected by St. Paul : -^-before, when " by faith" as the Apostle says in the Epistle to the Hebrews, " when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, he obeyed ; and he went out, not knowing whither he went:" (xi. 8.) — after, when " by faith, when...

...he would give it to him and to his seed after him, (Acts vii. 5.) but Abraham himself sojourned only in the land of promise as in a strange country, dwelling...and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise, (Heb. xi. 9.) who all confessed that they were strangers and pilPROP, grims on the earth, (Heb. xi....

...This position I shall illustrate from two passages of Scripture. The first is Heb. xi. 8, By Faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place,...which he should after receive for an inheritance, obey. ed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. In this passage of Scripture it is declared,...