 | Edward Harley - 1730 - 332 pages
...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... | |
 | William Mason - Devotional calendars - 1765 - 522 pages
...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... | |
 | 1785 - 328 pages
...toward heaven, and tell the ftars, if you be able to number them. And he faid, fo fhall thy feed be. And Abram" believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for juftice. -Mordeeai, Abjalom. Your ungodly malice to us, has wreaked deftrucHon, wrefting the Palm from... | |
 | 1785 - 580 pages
...toward heaven, and tell the ftars, if you be able to number them. And he faid, fo fhall thy feed be. And Abram believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for juftice. 'Mordecai, Abjakm. Your ungodly malice to us, has wreaked deftruction, wrefting the Palm from... | |
 | Thomas Gisborne - Christianity - 1799 - 606 pages
...it was twice renewed to him in terms which foretold an innumerable multitude of dependents : and " Abram " believed in the Lord ; and He counted " it to him for righteoufnefs (f]"i At length about eleven years after his. arrival in Canaan he was rejoiced by the... | |
 | William Jones - Theology - 1801 - 302 pages
...pleased with faith, and that without faith it is 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, the case is plain. Man is in a state of alienation and forfeiture... | |
 | Sarah Trimmer - 1835 - 276 pages
...and 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... | |
 | William Mason - Calendars - 1803 - 400 pages
...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. 
