 | 1825 - 712 דפים
...toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them. . . . So shall thy seed be. 6. And he believed in the Lord ; and he counted it to him for righteousness. tion those verses of the 12th, 15th, and 17th chapters of Genesis, which mention the several communications... | |
 | John McDowell - 1825 - 560 דפים
...uncircumcision ;" verse 10. Abraham was not circumcised for many years, after it was said of him, " He believed in the Lord ; and he counted it to him for righteousness." Circumcision therefore could have had no effect upon his justification ; for he was justified before... | |
 | Joseph Fincher - 1827 - 438 דפים
...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 PRAYER OF ABRAHAM. GENESIS xvii. 18. And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before... | |
 | William Dodd - 1828 - 522 דפים
...1. Noah drank of the wine, and was drunken, and he was uncovered within his tent. — Gen. ix. 21. Abraham believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness, &c. Abraham, my friend. He staggered not through unbelief. — Gen. xv. 6. Isa. xli. 8. Rom. iv. 20.... | |
 | John Wesley - 1829 - 520 דפים
..." 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, —... | |
 | William Jones (of Nayland.) - 1829 - 654 דפים
...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. G. If you would know the justice of this, the case is plain. Man is in a state of alienation... | |
 | John Fuller - 1829 - 448 דפים
...you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake." Gen. xv. 6. " And he believed in the Lord ; and he counted it to him for righteousness." James ii. 21. " Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon... | |
 | Rev. Jonathan Dickinson - 1829 - 520 דפים
...was more than so long before this, that Abraham had this testimony given him in Gen. xv. 6. " That he believed in the Lord : and he counted it to him for righteousness." Yea, he was a believer so long before, as his first leaving his father's house. " By faith Abraham,... | |
 | 1830 - 580 דפים
...way either the Latin or the Greek words come to have this signification, he has not explained. Again, we read, Romans iv. 3 and Genesis xv. 6, " Abraham...it his own acceptance ; an explanation contrary to the plain meaning of the words. Again, p. 176, our author tells us that Acts ii. 38 should be translated,... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1830 - 574 דפים
...believing in God and believing in the name of God, (Btishcm, with the prefix Beth.) Gen. xv. 6. " And he believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness." Exod. xiv. 31. " And the people believed the Lord," (in the original, believed in the Lord.) 2 Kings... | |
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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. 
