 | 1806 - 504 pages
...assurance, to confirm his promise by an oath, is finely touched upon in the epistle to the Hebrews. "'When God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by .himself, saying, surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying J will multiply tbet... | |
 | 1804 - 438 pages
...That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises. 13 For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, 14 Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.... | |
 | Samuel Austin - 1807 - 344 pages
...oath, and as declarative of his counsel ; therefore, exhibiting ground of sure confidence to Abraham. " For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could...swear by no greater, he swore by himself, saying, surely, blessing, I will bless thee ; and multiplying, I will multiply thee ; .and so, after he had... | |
 | Laurence Howel - 1807 - 588 pages
...goodness of God, and his fidelity to thn .e sacred engagements into which he had condescended to enter. " For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, (as men usually do) he sware by himself, saying, Surely, blessing I will bless thee," &c. He observes... | |
 | James Macknight - 1810 - 586 pages
...That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patienco inherit the promiscs. 13 For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, 14 Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying; I will muldply thee.... | |
 | Joseph Field - 1811 - 356 pages
...promises which cannot fail, being sanctioned with an oath ; so also does the hope of every believer. " For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, Saying, surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.... | |
 | John Owen, Edward Williams - 1812 - 672 pages
..."follow" them in their -work, we shall not fail to partake with them in their reward. VERSES 13—16. for when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he swear by himself, saying surely bleating I will bless t/ice, and multiplying I mill multifily thce;... | |
 | 1812 - 284 pages
...through faith, preached before the Gospel unto Abraham, saying, in thee shall all nations be bletsed. When God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater , he sware by himself. And this I say, that the Covenant that was confirme4 before of God in Christ, the... | |
 | Edward Dorr Griffin - 1813 - 416 pages
...upon Himself the whole charge of their salvation. These promises were not conditional but absolute. " For when God made promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no greater He swore by Himself, saying, SURELY blessing I will bless theef and multiplying I will multiply thee. — For men verily swear by... | |
 | John Murray - 1813 - 438 pages
...if we consult our luminous commentator, the apostle Paul, we shall hear him affirm, Hebrews, vi, " When God made promise to Abraham, because he could...swear by no greater, he swore by himself, " Saying, surely blessing, I will bless thee, and multiplying, I will multiply thee. " That by two immutable... | |
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For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, saying ; Surely blessing I will bless thee ; and multiplying I will multiply thee. 
