 | Ralph Wardlaw - 1830 - Страниц: 350
...sequence. Yet it may be worth while to illustrate it by two or three examples—Of Abraham it is said, " Who is the father of us all (as it is written, I have...made thee a father of many nations) before Him whom « Rom. v. 1, 2. f Rom. xv. 13. be believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1830 - Страниц: 618
...faith, that it might be by grace, to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed, not only to that which is of the law, but to that also which is of...the faith of Abraham, who is the Father of us all;" ver. 16. That it might appear that God justified not Abraham for any peculiar carnal privilege, but... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1830 - Страниц: 588
...if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect. — Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace:...the end the promise might be sure to all the seed." " And if by grace, then is it no more of works; otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works,... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1830 - Страниц: 616
...faith, that it might be by grace, to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed, not only to that which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the Father of us all ;" ver. 16. That it might appear that God justified not Abraham for any peculiar carnal privilege,... | |
 | William Romaine - 1830 - Страниц: 650
...believing, and not for working: " Therefore," says the apostle, speaking of Christ's righteousness, " it is of faith, that it might be by grace, to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed." In this sovereign manner and style runs the covenant, and every promise in it — " I will be their... | |
 | 1831 - Страниц: 642
...Gentile believers. <• Therefore," says Paul, " it is of faith that it might be by grace, to the end tbe promise might be sure to all the seed, not to that...which is of the faith of Abraham who is the father of as all, as it is written, I have, (in intention,) constituted thee a father of many nations." Rom.... | |
 | 1832 - Страниц: 488
...16, in which place the Apostle tells us, that the promise is not only to be made sure to that seed which is of the law, " but to that also which is of...the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all." So also in Galatians : Know ye therefore, that they which are of faith, the same are " the children... | |
 | Ralph Wardlaw - 1832 - Страниц: 168
...Abraham as the father of the faithful, — the spiritual father of believers in all nations : — Rom. iv. 16, 17. "Therefore it is of faith, that it might...written, I have made thee a father of many nations,") &c. — Nothing can be more explicit than this. 2. "And 1 will establish my covenant between me and... | |
 | Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - Страниц: 486
...measured, so will I multiply the seed of David my servant. Jer. xxxiii. 22. Therefore it is ot'faith, that it might be by grace ; to the end the promise...written, I have made thee a father of many nations.) Rom. iv. 1C, 17. Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars... | |
 | Ralph Wardlaw - 1832 - Страниц: 168
...Abraham as the father of the faithful, — the spiritual father of believers in all nations : — Rom. iv. 16, 17. "Therefore it is of faith, that it might...of Abraham, who is the father of us all, (as it is writtent I have made thee. a father of many nations," ) &c. — Nothing can be more explicit than this.... | |
| |
Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all... 
