 | Edward Harley - 1730 - 332 pagina’s
...if i hey which are of the Law be HKIRS, FAITH is made void, and the PROMISE made of none 1.1feft. 6 'And he BELIEVED in the LORD ; and he counted it to him for RIGHTEOUSNESS. 7 And he faid unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of the Land of Ur of the... | |
 | Jonathan Dickinson - 1757 - 422 pagina’s
...was more than fo long before this, that Abraham had this Teftimony given him in Gen. xv. • 6. That he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for Righteoufnefi. Yea, he was a Believer fo long before, at hisfirft leaving his Father's Houfe. Jij/... | |
 | Joseph Priestley - 1787 - 278 pagina’s
...inherit from the great patriarch Abraham, from whom we are defcended; for of him it is recorded, " And he believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteoufnefs*." And therefore, * Genefis xv. 6. having Co bright an example continually1 before us,... | |
 | Richard Watson - 1791 - 506 pagina’s
...the flars, if thou be able to number them : And he.faid unto him, So ihall thy- feed be." Here again, he believed in the Lord ; and he counted it to him for rlghteaujnefs. Alfa Gen. xvii. i — 8, he repeats and efhbliiheth the fame covenant " for an pverlafting... | |
 | John Owen - 1797 - 252 pagina’s
...certain that Abraham was juftified many years before ; when that teftimony was given concerning him — " he believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteoufnefs." (2.) It is certain, that in the relation of the ftory here repeated by the Apoftle,... | |
 | 1804 - 300 pagina’s
...heaven and tell thejiars, if thou be able to number them : and he faid unto him, So Jhall thy feed be. And he believed in the Lord ; and he counted it to him for righteoufrteft. Now the Apoftle makes this in Abraham's faith, which is different from ours, . the... | |
 | 1804 - 828 pagina’s
...heaven, and tell the ftars, tf thou be able to number them : And he faid unto him, fo ftall thy feed be. And he believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteoufnefs." Gen. xv. 1 6. Again, God had promifed, that, with the very Ifaac, whom he was afterwards... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 446 pagina’s
...numerous and illustrious shall thy seed be. 6 And, notivithßlanding the premise had been so long delayed, he believed in the LORD ; and he counted it to him for righteousness.* 7 And he said unto him, I [am] the LORD that brought thee out of U r of the Chaldees,... | |
 | 1806 - 584 pagina’s
...heaven and tell the flars, if thou be able to number then, dud he faid to him, So /hall thy feed be. 6. And he believed in the Lord ; and he counted it to him for righteoufnefs. From this it is plain, that •what Abraham believed was, that his feed mould be numerous... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 574 pagina’s
...barrenness, that thy seed, both spiritual and carnal, shall be as infinite in number, as they. XV. 6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness. And Abram believed in God, and stedrastly relied on these gracious promises, which were... | |
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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. 
