 | John Smith - Bible - 1812 - 286 pages
...promises, [that is, not having received the things promised, as Christians receive them : Heb. xi. 39, 40.] but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded...them, and confessed, that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth." They desired a " heavenly" country : " wherefore God is not ashamed to be called... | |
 | John Owen - 1812 - 584 pages
...xv. 5. " These all died in feith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar of, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth," Gen. xxiii. 4. ch. xlvii. 9. 1 Chron. xxix. 15. " For they that say such things,... | |
 | William Magee - Atonement - 1812 - 564 pages
...THE PROMISE which was made unto the FATHERS, God hath FULFILLED the same UNTO us THEIR CHILDREN) — but having seen them afar off ; and were persuaded of them, and embraced them. Now, that these promises included the promise of the Messiah, Kennicot says, is plain: "first,... | |
 | John Owen - Bible - 1812 - 578 pages
..." These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar of, and^were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth," Gen. xxiii. 4. ch. xlvii. 9. 1 Chron. xxix. 15. " For they that say such things.... | |
 | Presbyterianism - 1813 - 580 pages
...this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word. 4 Heb. xi. 13. These all died in faith, not having received...promises, but having seen them afar off, and were pe rsuaded of them, andembraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.... | |
 | John Howe - 1813 - 536 pages
...ver. 13. It is said of them, they all died in faith, not having received the promises ; but they saw them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. And doing so, they that say such things, ver. 14. declare plainly that they... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1879 - 622 pages
...have been no redemption. If the patriarchs who " all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded...embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth," secured to themselves a better country, that is, an heavenly, so was it to... | |
 | Thomas Bell - Faith and works - 1814 - 514 pages
...propriety be applied to them,. They all died in the faith, not having received the promises, but haying seen them afar off; and were persuaded of them, and...embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth, Heb. xi. 13. So in particular did Moses himself, by whom the law was given,... | |
 | Samuel Eyles Pierce - 1815 - 644 pages
...from Abel to Abraham and Sarah, says, " These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded...embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth, J> Heb. xi. Then the apostle proceeds to shew that they sought a better country,... | |
 | Elias Boudinot - Bible - 1815 - 598 pages
...me a people : for these (Abel, Enoch, &c.) all died in the faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them, afar off, and were persuaded of them and embraced them. — By faith Abraham offered up Isaac; accounting that God was able to raise him up, evenfrom... | |
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These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 
