 | William Jones - 1810 - 502 pages
...it shews, that God is pleased with faith, and that without faith it is impossible to please him — he believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness. Gen. xv. 6. If you would know the justice of this, the case is plain. Man is in a state of alienation... | |
 | Johannes van der Kemp - 1810 - 548 pages
...Abraham was justified by faith, before he lisd offered his son, lor so it is said Gen. xv. fi. " Abraham believed in the Lord and he counted it to him for righteousness*" But when he had offered his Son, it appeared, and God declared in consequence of his work, and because... | |
 | John Gill - 1810 - 620 pages
...an exhbition was made of the covenant, and of the grace of it is that from Abraham to Moses. Abraham believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness, Gen. xv. G. not the act ol faith, but the object of it, what he believed in, the Lord and Vris. right,... | |
 | Edward Cooper - 1810 - 540 pages
...comprehended the substance of that doctrine which the apostle in this passage so fully unfolds. f Abraham believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness*. The rites and sacrifices of the ceremonial law represented and * Genr. XT. 6. 32 Scriptural Statement... | |
 | James Macknight - 1810 - 574 pages
...future sometimes as present, and sometimes as passed, it does not follow from Moses saying, Abraham believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness, that Abraham was then justified : nor from Paul's speaking of believers as already justified, that... | |
 | John Owen, Edward Williams - 1812 - 506 pages
...seed should be as the stars of heaven, that cannot be numbered;" for it is immediately added, that "he believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness," Gen. xv, 5, 6. For although this promise concerned things temporal, yet it belonged to the way of redemption... | |
 | George Pretyman - 1811 - 614 pages
...works, which Faith consisted in giving implicit c»edit to God's promise of numerous descendants, " He believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness (I)." Abraham therefore was justified upon that occasion, in the same manner as St. Paul represents... | |
 | Sarah Trimmer - 1811 - 396 pages
...tell the stars, if thou be abk to number Aem : and he said unto him, So shall thy sead be. And Abram believed in the Lord ; and he counted it to him for righteousness. 7 And the Lord said unto him, I am the Lord that brought thee out «f Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee... | |
 | John Smith - 1812 - 286 pages
...was yet childless, God promised him, that his seed should be as numerous as the stars of heaven. " And he believed in the Lord ; and he counted it to him for righteousness."! This promise had ultimate reference to his covenant seed, which were to consist of " many nations."... | |
 | James Patriot Wilson - 1812 - 288 pages
...heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them. And he said unto him, so shall thy seed be. 6 And he believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness. 386. "\ymfrom thy bowels. "| suff. D prefix. yo a noun masc. plur. in construct, dowels. Arab, to be... | |
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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. 
