 | Edward Harley - 1730 - 332 sidor
...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 Chaklecs, to give... | |
 | Jonathan Dickinson - 1757 - 422 sidor
...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/... | |
 | William Mason - 1765 - 522 sidor
...great reward ; then gives him the comfortable promise of the seed that should spring from him. Abraham "believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness ; and he offered a sacrifice, as the Lord commanded." But, alas, how soon did his bright sun of comfort... | |
 | Joseph Priestley - 1787 - 278 sidor
...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 sidor
...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 sidor
...is 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,... | |
 | William Jones - 1801 - 302 sidor
...world, at the call of God ; which believes. his word, while appearances argue thecontrary ; andresigns itself to his will, though he requires what is most...impossible to please him — he believed in the Lord, Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness. Gen. xv. 6. If you would know the justice of this,... | |
 | Sarah Trimmer - 1835 - 276 sidor
...tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. And Abram believed in the Lord ; and he counted it to him for righteousness. And the Lord said unto him, I am the Lord that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee... | |
 | Herman Witsius - 1803 - 476 sidor
...who live under the New Testament, through faith. And then Moses declares concerning Abraham, " and he believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness," C?en. xv. 6 ; "which the Apostle quotes for the same purpose, Rom. iv. 3. David likewise declares the... | |
 | William Mason - 1803 - 400 sidor
...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... | |
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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. 
