 | Edward Harley - 1735 - 764 pages
...For when Gop made PROMISE to ABRAHAM, becaufe he could SWEAK by NO GREATER, he SWARE by HIMSELF, 14 Saying, Surely BLESSING I will BLESS thee, and multiplying, I will multiply thee. if And (o after he had PATIENTLT endured, he obtained the PROMISE. 16 For Men verily SWEAR by the greater... | |
 | 310 pages
...promise to Abraham — to show the immutability of his counsel — he confirmed it by an oath, and, "because he could swear by no greater, he sware by...bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee." (See Heb. vi. 17, xiii. 14.) The record of that Scripture is given for our encouragement. The promises... | |
 | Philo (of Alexandria.) - Philosophy, Ancient - 1800 - 542 pages
...and fiiit emploved by St. Paul in reference to the same event. St. T'iuil, Hebrewa vi. 13, says, " For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he swore by himself; saying, For man verily swears by the greater; and an oath for confirmation ia to... | |
 | 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...surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying J will multiply tbet For uien verily swear by a greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them an... | |
 | 1814
...seals, the sacraments, together with his oath, that there niight be no place left for doubting ; for " God, willing more abundantly to show unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, bound himself by an oath, that by two immutable things, wherein it is impossible for God to lie, we... | |
 | 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. 15 And so, after... | |
 | 1804 - 476 pages
...when God made promise to Abraham, because he 3 D could swear by no greater, he s\vare by himself, 14 Saying, Surely, blessing, I will bless thee ; and multiplying, I will multiply thee. 15 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. 16 For men verily swear by the... | |
 | Samuel Austin - Church - 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... | |
 | Laurence Howel - Bible - 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... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 582 pages
...patience, holding to the end, inherit that great and endless glory, which was promised unto them. VI. 14 Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. Saying, By myself I have sworn, that I will exceedingly bless and multiply thee. VI. n The heirs of... | |
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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. 
