...no Room for any fuch Kind of Metaphor. Here is a particular Dialogue of God and Abraham : God faid, Fear not, Abram, I am thy Shield, and. thy exceeding great Reward. And Abram faid, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, feeing I go childlefs, and the Steward of my Houfe is this...

...Ftiitb. - Ctituan * T . is prmlfed again , and confirmed by a Sign, Vijion. 12 and a Vtr. FTER thefe Things the Word of the LORD came unto Abram in a VISION, faying, Fear not, Abram : I am thy SHIELD, and thy exceeding great REWARD. 2 And Abram faid, LORD GOD,...

...went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre ; let 1 them take their portion. LESSON XIV. GENESIS, CHAP. xv. AFTER these things the word of the Lord came unto...not, Abram : I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. tliou hast given no seed : and lo, one born in my house is mine heir. And, behold, the word...

...venerable Abram laboured under this great Distress of mind, " th_e word of the Lord " eame unto Him, in a Vision, saying, fear not " Abram — I am thy Shield and exceeding great Re" ward — And Abram answered;" Lord God! what w}lt Thou give me, " [or of what Service...

...venerable Abram laboured under this great Distress of mind, " the word of the Lord " came unto Him, in a Vision, saying, fear not *' Abram — I am thy Shield and exceeding great Re" ward— And Abram answered;" Lord God! what wilt Thou give me, " [or of what Service...

...shoe-latched, Xc. Wishing all evil to myself, if I shall take from these so much as a thread, &c. XV. 2 And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me,...my house is this Eliezer of Damascus ? And Abram, which hitherto had only heard God's promises to him, now said ; Alas, Lord, all the blessings, that...

...XV. 1 Abram is encouraged. 4 Asonis/iromistd, 6 He i* justified by faith. 7 Canaan isfiromued again. hich bringe end thy exceeding great reward. 2 And Abram said, LORD God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless,...

...enjoyed. When such an one reads what God said to Abraham, " Afterthese things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram, I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward." He reads it for himself : he makes the promise his own, and trusts in it as stedfastly as...

...can convey a divine blessing to us. , SECTION XVIIL THE TEMPORAL COVENANT. from Genesis, Chap. xv. AFTER these things, the WORD of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Ahram : I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. * Ileb. vii. And ABram said, LORD GOD, what...

...concerning his seed, we find the natural language of his heart forcibly expressed in these words : Lord God what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and my steward is this Eliexer of Damascus ? This gives occasion for the renewal of the promise, 1. As...