 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. For they that say such things declare plainly that...  The Sources and Development of Christianity - Page 83by Thomas Lumisden Strange - 1875 - 255 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Owen, Edward Williams - 1812 - 508 pages
...They only are so, who live always in a sense of such wants as this world cannot supply. ,r * VERSE 15. And truly if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had ofifiortunity to have returned. $1. The Words an answer to an objection that might be raised, $C. The... | |
 | John Owen, Edward Williams - 1912 - 504 pages
...satisfaction, is an eminent act of that faith whereby we walk with God; Jer. iii, 23; Hos. xiv, 3, 4. VERSE 14. For they that say such things, declare plainly that they seek a country. $'• The words an inference from their foregoing account; the exposition. $2. Obs. 1. The proper way... | |
 | 1811 - 568 pages
...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 pages
...those of my fathers, St. Paul's remark on these expressions of the patriarchs is worthy of regard. They that say such things declare plainly that they...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 pages
...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...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." What more... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner - 1815 - 616 pages
...delicias ultra reversus, ut legitur.* Exod. cap. ii. and Acts vii. Estius. In like manner, ver. 14. " For they that say such things, declare plainly, that they seek a country." Ver. 16. " But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly." They declared and manifested... | |
 | Jean Calvin - 1816 - 606 pages
...persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For they that say such things declare plainly that...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... | |
 | Charles Daubeny - 1816 - 482 pages
...of " them, and embraced them, and con" fessed that they were strangers and 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 God is not ** ashamed to be called their God,... | |
 | Richard Cecil, Josiah Pratt - 1816 - 602 pages
...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 pages
...persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For they that say such things, declare plainly that...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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