 | John Dennant - 1826 - 350 pages
..." an heavenly." It could not relate to their paternal country, Chaldea, for we are told, " if th§y had been mindful of that country from whence they...;" " but now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly, wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he hath provided for them a city."... | |
 | Robert Morrison - 1826 - 596 pages
...; and truly, if their minds referred, when they made such a declaration, to the country from which they came out, they might have had opportunity to...desire a " better country," — " that is a heavenly." If St. Paul understood the old Testament, it is manifest the Bishop was wrong. Since, then, mankind... | |
 | Temple Chevallier - 1826 - 460 pages
...that they seek a country,"8 the land of their fathers. But they spake not of any earthly land; for " truly if they had been mindful of that country from...they might have had opportunity to have returned:" b whereas the patriarch Abraham demanded an especial oath from Eliezer, 1 the eldest servant of his... | |
 | Temple Chevallier - 1826 - 460 pages
...that they seek a country,"g the land of their fathers. But they spake not of any earthly land ; for " truly if they had been mindful of that country from...out, they might have had opportunity to have returned :"h whereas the patriarch Abraham demanded an especial oath from Eliezer,' the eldest servant of his... | |
 | 1827 - 512 pages
...innumerable. 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...returned ; 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... | |
 | 1827 - 524 pages
...innumerable. 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 country from whence they came out, they might hare had opportunity to have returned ; but now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly.... | |
 | 1827 - 516 pages
...were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims upon the earth. For they that say such things declare plainly...returned. 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*."... | |
 | John BRUCE (Minister of Low Hill Cemetery, Liverpool.) - 1827 - 240 pages
...rest." " 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...things declare plainly that they seek a country." Death is certain, because necessary to introduce the good and bad into their different states of rewards... | |
 | John Richards - 1827 - 466 pages
...13, 14. 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...things, declare plainly that they seek a country, "ALL Scripture," says the great Apostle, "is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable," in various... | |
 | Job (the patriarch), John Fry - 1827 - 630 pages
...were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims upon earth. For they that say such things declare plainly...And truly, if they had been mindful of that country whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. But now they desire a better... | |
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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. For they that say such things declare plainly that... 
