 | 1811 - 568 sidor
...into their habits, entered into their spirit, and found how truly it was said of the faithful,* That ' if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came, they might have had opportunity to have returned.' I was received, caressed, and, I may say, that 1... | |
 | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - 1813 - 416 sidor
...patriarchs is worthy of regard. They that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. And truly, if they had been mindful of that country...have had opportunity to have returned ; but now they seek a better couwtry ; that is an heavenly, Heb. xi. 14, 15, 16, That is to say, those holy men, could... | |
 | Samuel Whitman - 1814 - 390 sidor
...apostle gives the same turn to another divine promise. Speaking of the pious patriarchs, "If," says he, "they had been mindful of that country from whence...called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city." What more then do we find required in the covenant of grace, than we find required and promised... | |
 | Samuel Lavington - 1815 - 640 sidor
...favours on his faithful friends and servants. Whenever he distributes favours, he gives like a God. " But now they desire a better country, that is, an...; for he hath prepared for them a city" (Heb. xi. 16)—'" a continuing city" — " a city which hath foundations" — " a kingdom which cannot be moved"... | |
 | Archibald Bonar - 1815 - 534 sidor
...XII. HEAVEN PREPARED FOR THE RIGHTEOUS. HUB. xi. 16. But now they desire a better country, that zV, an heavenly: "wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; for he hath prepared for them cf city. THE change of his views and pursuits which every sincere lover of the Saviour experiences,... | |
 | Jean Calvin - 1816 - 606 sidor
...and pilgrims on the earth. For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. And truly if they had been mindful of that country...returned. But now they desire a better country, that (2) Gen. xxxv. 22. (a) Gen. xxx*iii. 13—18. (4) Gen. xlii. (r) Gen. xlvii. 9is, an heavenly; wherefore... | |
 | Moses Lowman - 1816 - 428 sidor
...seek a country, says the Apostle, and this country he well understands of an heaven16. ly country ; but now they desire a better country, that is, an...called their God, for he hath prepared for them a city. When God appeared to Moses, and sent him to deliver the children of Israel out of the bondage... | |
 | Charles Daubeny - 1816 - 482 sidor
...piN ** grims upon earth. For they that say " such things declare plainly that they " seek a country, a better country; that " is, an heavenly ; wherefore...for " he hath prepared for them a city." Heb. xi. 13. The Apostle having thus proved, by an induction of particulars, that true religion has ever been... | |
 | Richard Cecil, Josiah Pratt - 1816 - 602 sidor
...their habits — entered into their spirit — and found how timely it was said of the faithful, that if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came, they might have had opportunity to have returned. I was received, caressed, and I may say, that I had... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1817 - 568 sidor
...and pilgrims on the earth. For they that say such things, declare plainly that they seek a country. And truly if they had been mindful of that country...they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly." — The respect which a godly person hath to heaven may be compared to the respect which a child, when... | |
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But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city. 
