...explained. Again, nal, than tin- words of our Authorised we read, Romans iv. 3 and Genesis xv. 6, " Abraham believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness ;" which Mr. Erskine construes (p. 182), " Abraham believed in the Lord, and he reasoned it unto him...

..." Behold, to me thou hast given no seed." He is answered by a repetition of the promise, " so shall nvested over the brute creation ! But Adam fell, and his kingdom, the creation, with him. So (Gen. xv. 3 — 6.) These promises, thus reiterated to Abram, may teach us that we need not look for...

...justifieth the ungodly, that worketh not," and imputes his faith to him for righteousness. Even so Abraham " believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness," Gen. xv. 6. " And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of faith," —...

...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. THE enjoyment of the divine presence is truly satisfying to the soul. In having the light of God's...

...toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them : and he said unto him, So shall 6 thy seed be. And he believed in the Lord ; and he counted it to him 7 for righteousness. And he said unto him, I am the Lord that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees,...

...tliee shall all families of the earth be blessed. So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him ; and he believed in the Lord; and He counted it to him for righteousness ; and he was called the friend of God." Thus was the standard of truth erected amidst the heathen,...

...son, and that his seed should be countless as the stars of heaven. And it is emphatically added, " He believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness." He was then fully assured, that he stood before God, a pardoned and accepted man, " whose iniquities...

...(/)." These promises of numerous descendants were made to Abraham at the time he had no children, but " he believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness (</)." — "And God said unto Abraham in a dream, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger...

...condition of the covenant of grace is faith, and only faith: to this purpose it is said of Abraham, " " * There I stand firmly, there I am secure I'rom Satan's prey." It Gen. 15:6. Rom. 4:3. Gal. 3:6. James 2:23. This text is often alleged by the apostles: the word " believed"...

...a sinner. But Jesus declared that he was a son of Abraham according to the promise, " Fo_r Abraham believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness." (Gen.xv,6.) In this righteousness Zaccheus was a son of Abraham; not for "giving half of his goods...