 | Charles Simeon - 1832 - 834 páginas
...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... | |
 | 1832 - 618 páginas
...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... | |
 | George Pretyman - 1832 - 406 páginas
...(/)." 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... | |
 | Richard Watson - 1832 - 1094 páginas
...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, "... | |
 | Isaac Ambrose - 1832 - 730 páginas
...condition of the covenant of grace is faith, and only faith: to this purpose it is said of Abraham, " He believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness," Gen. 15:6. Rom. 4:3. Gal. 3:6. James 2:23. This text is often alleged by the apostles:... | |
 | 1833 - 776 páginas
...the barrenness of Sarah, his seed should be countless as the stars, the sacred historian records, " he believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness " (Gen. xv. 6) : that is, his faith was accounted for righteousness. But the Christian... | |
 | George Burder, Joseph Hughes - 1833 - 1134 páginas
...tell the stars, *if thou be able to number them. And he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. 6 And , %' 2 ~ iԃ_ f K U ǫ u {NXPO |>(4 Q righteousness. 0.1. U.56.5. Acul.S. /Prov.29.ill. g с. П. 16. A Deut. 1. 10. Heb. 11. IS. i Rom.... | |
 | Robert Haldane - 1834 - 526 páginas
...believers, even amidst the strongest temptations, as in that of David. In the history of Abraham, we read that he believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness. Here the necessity of the imputation of the righteousness of God, and the way in which... | |
 | John Page - 1834 - 392 páginas
...of Abrani, upon a similar announcement, (see Gen. xv. 6.) forms a contrast to this of Zacharias; " he believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness;" and, as St. Paul says, (Rom. iv. 18.) "against hope, he believed in hope," &c. It has... | |
 | Adam Clarke - 1834 - 1038 páginas
...the c stars if thou be able to number them : and he said unto him, d So shall thy seed be. 6 Tf And he 'believed in the LORD; and he * counted it to him for rishteousness. 7 If And he said unto him, I am the LORD that a » Sam 7. 11 * l& 11 ! CKroo. 3i SI... | |
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And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look 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. 
