...the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob ; and what is imphed in this we may learn from Heb. xi. 16. Wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God ; for he hath prepared for them a city. Yea, all the great blessings of the Gospel are summed up in one promise, Hev. xxi. 7. He that...

...into their habits, entered into their spirit, and found how truly it was said of the faithful,* That ' if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came, they might have had opportunity to have returned.' I was received, caressed, and, I may say, that 1...

...these expressions of the patriarchs is worthy of regard. They that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. And truly, if they had been...have had opportunity to have returned ; but now they seek a better couwtry ; that is an heavenly, Heb. xi. 14, 15, 16, That is to say, those holy men, could...

...apostle gives the same turn to another divine promise. Speaking of the pious patriarchs, "If," says he, "they had been mindful of that country from whence...called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city." What more then do we find required in the covenant of grace, than we find required and promised...

...favours on his faithful friends and servants. Whenever he distributes favours, he gives like a God. " But now they desire a better country, that is, an...called their God ; for he hath prepared for them a city" (Heb. xi. 16)—'" a continuing city" — " a city which hath foundations" — " a kingdom which...

...XII. HEAVEN PREPARED FOR THE RIGHTEOUS. HUB. xi. 16. But now they desire a better country, that zV, an heavenly: "wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; for he hath prepared for them cf city. THE change of his views and pursuits which every sincere lover of the Saviour experiences,...

...confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. And truly if they had been...returned. But now they desire a better country, that (2) Gen. xxxv. 22. (a) Gen. xxx*iii. 13—18. (4) Gen. xlii. (r) Gen. xlvii. 9is, an heavenly; wherefore...

...seek a country, says the Apostle, and this country he well understands of an heaven16. ly country ; but now they desire a better country, that is, an...called their God, for he hath prepared for them a city. When God appeared to Moses, and sent him to deliver the children of Israel out of the bondage...

...piN ** grims upon earth. For they that say " such things declare plainly that they " seek a country, a better country; that " is, an heavenly ; wherefore...called their God, for " he hath prepared for them a city." Heb. xi. 13. The Apostle having thus proved, by an induction of particulars, that true religion...

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