 | William Carpenter - Bible - 1825 - 698 pages
...shall all nations be blessed, Gal. iii. 8. These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded...embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth, Heb. xi. 13. VER. 57. Eftnv ouv oí 'lov&atot етрос avTÓv ntvГГЦ C'îrra)... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - 1825 - 462 pages
...they enjoyed peculiar tokens of his favor. " They all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded...embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims, on the earth. Wherefore God was not ashamed to be called their God ; and prepared for them... | |
 | Richard Hele - Devotional literature - 1825 - 598 pages
...faith and" patience inherit the promises f. These all died in faith, not having received the promises ; but having seen them afar off ; and were persuaded...them, and confessed, that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth g. Some were tortured, not accepting deliverance ; that they might receive a... | |
 | Thomas Rennell - Sermons, English - 1825 - 476 pages
...will there read of all the fathers of Israel, who " died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded...embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims upon earth." He will there more immediately view the awful dealings of God to mankind, he... | |
 | John Edward Nassau Molesworth - Advent sermons - 1825 - 478 pages
...patriarchs and holy men enumerated by St. Paul "all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded...them, and confessed that they were strangers, and pilgrims on the earth1." They " rejoiced," as Jesus himself declared of Abraham, to see his day, and... | |
 | Church of England articles - 1825 - 130 pages
...Article II. ref. d, r. d Heb. xi. 13 — IT. These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded...embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For they that say such things, declare plainly that they seek a country. And... | |
 | Thomas Tregenna Biddulph - 1825 - 480 pages
...ajigure"* It was a faith, in the exercise of which the patriarchs " died, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded...them and embraced them, and confessed that they were pilgrims and strangers upon earth;" and by which they were led to desire " an heavenly country." It... | |
 | Richard Cecil - Theology - 1825 - 488 pages
...their way? Was it by faith, or sight ? They advanced only on the ground of divine assurances; 'and they were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims upon earth.' Do not, therefore, allow yourself even to wish (or the by-path, which needs no... | |
 | Elisha Bates - Society of Friends - 1825 - 340 pages
...of the efficacy of faith: and then says: "These all died in faith; not having received the promise, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them." Heb. 11. 13. Our Lord also testified: "Your Father Abraham rejoiced to see my day, and he saw... | |
 | James Ross - 1825 - 472 pages
...received the promises, that is, in their actual accomplishment ; but having seen them afar off, they were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were pilgrims and strangers on the earth. It was Christ in the promises that inflamed their love, animated... | |
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These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 
