 | Edward Harley - 1730 - 332 pągines
...the STARS, if thou be able to NUMBER them : and he faid unto him, So mail thy SEED be. 6 ' And lie 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 ChalJees, to give thee... | |
 | Joseph Priestley - 1787 - 278 pągines
...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, * Gcnefis xv. 6. having Co bright an example continually 1 before us,... | |
 | Duncan Shaw - 1787 - 400 pągines
...inherit the promifed land This he it, in .due time. Accordingly we are tolcfc (Gen. xv. 6.) that " he believed in the Lord, " and he counted it to him for righteouf" nefs." But though,, at receiving the promife, he feems to have given full credit t<y the... | |
 | Richard Watson - 1791 - 506 pągines
...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 pągines
...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." (z.) It is certain, that in the relation of the ftory here repeated by the Apoftle,... | |
 | Isaac Ambrose - 1799 - 444 pągines
...condition of the covenant of grace is faith and only faith; to this purpofe it was faid of Abraham, " he believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteoufnefs." And that act of faith, whereby Abraham believed that he fhouid have a fon, and that... | |
 | William Mason - 1803 - 402 pągines
...then gives him the comfortable promise of the seed that should spring from him. Upon which, Abraham " believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness;" and he offers a sacrifice as the Lord commanded. But, alas, how soon did his bright sun of comfort... | |
 | William Mason - 1803 - 400 pągines
...then gives him the comfortable promise of the seed that should spring from him. Upon which, Abraham " believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness;" and he offers a sacrifice as the Lord commanded. But, alas, how soon did his bright sun of comfort... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 446 pągines
...thou be able to number them : and he said unto him, So numerous and illustrious shall thy seed be. he believed in the LORD ; and he counted it to him...8 And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall in10 eon. And he took unto him all these, and, according to the usual method of ratifying a... | |
 | John Anderson - 1806 - 340 pągines
...reckoned amongst the friends of God. If it be insisted on, that, in Gen. xv. 6. " it is said, Abraham believed in the Lord, and he " counted it to him for righteousness, and, in the xxxii. " Psalm, David has these words, / said, I -will confess " my transgressions unto... | |
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XV. 6 And 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 Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it. 8 And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that... 
