...foundations, whose builder and maker is God. These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded...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...

...of all who are walking iu the same way, These all died in faith ; not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded...embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. Brethren! it is the utmost wish of my heart, and my most earnest prayer, that...

...whom, speaking in general, he 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 con" fessed that they were strangers and piN ** grims upon earth. For they that say " such things declare...

...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 no...

...their habits — entered into their spirit — and found how timely 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 I had...

...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...they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly." — The respect which a godly person hath to heaven may be compared to the respect which a child, when...

...embracittg the promises ; Heb. xi. 13. " These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded...embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.'' § 9. There is contained in the nature of faith a sense of our own unworthiness....

...which is by thé sea shore inaumerable. 13 Thèse ail died in faith, not having received thé promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and coiitessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on thé earth. 14 For they that say tndi montrent...

...notice that " these all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers," &c. — In these words the apostle seems to have a more particular respect to Abraham and {Sarah, and...

...them, they confessed, that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For they, that 1 Art. vii. say such things, declare plainly, that they seek a...they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly.' Hence it appears, to adopt the language of the Church, that all these fathers, martyrs, and other holy...