...xv. 5. " These all died in feith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar of, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth," Gen. xxiii. 4. ch. xlvii. 9. 1 Chron. xxix. 15. " For they that say such...

...13. These alt died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, c.nd were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. m Gal. iii. 7. Know ye therefore, that they which are of faith, the same...

...of them, they all died in faith, not having received the promises ; but they saw them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. And doing so, they that say such things, ver. 14. declare plainly that they...

...patriarchs who " all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth," secured to themselves a better country, that is, an heavenly, so was it...

...them,. They all died in the faith, not having received the promises, but haying seen them afar off; and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth, Heb. xi. 13. So in particular did Moses himself, by whom the law was given,...

...says, " These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth, J> Heb. xi. Then the apostle proceeds to shew that they sought a better...

...God. These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country....

...their way ? Was it by faith, or sight ? They advanced only on the ground of divine assurances; and they were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims upon earth. Do not, therefore, allow yourself even to wish for the by-path, which needs...

...patriarchs, Heb xi. describes their faith thus, verse 13. " These all died in faith, not having received the promises; but, having seen them afar off, were persuaded of them, and embraced them." And so the evangelist John calls faith a receiving of Christ; John i. 12. "But as many as received him,...

...him to all others : Heb. xi. 13, &c. " These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For they that say such things, declare plainly that they seek a country....