 | Christopher Anderson - 1834 - 440 pages
...surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? For I know him, that he will command his children...judgment ; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him."t * Hebrews vii. 4, 6, 7. t Genesis xviii. 17 — 19. First, — His behavior... | |
 | Henry Hunter - 1834 - 618 pages
...thither." The character given of Abraham well deserves the attention of every father, of every master. "For I know him, that he will command his children,...judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him."* The secret divulged under this sacred seal, is God's deter• Genetii... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1835 - 612 pages
...xxii. 6. Let us not be weary in well-doing ; for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. Gal. vi. 9. For I know him, that he will command his children...judgment ; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. Gen. xviii. 19. The rod and reproof give wisdom : but a child left to... | |
 | Charles Wentworth Upham - 1835 - 352 pages
...shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blest in him ? For I know him, that he will command his children...judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him." (brokenly and imperfectly taken), June 13th, 1662, being the day before... | |
 | Jared Sparks - 1835 - 436 pages
...shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blest in him ? For I know him, that he will command his children...judgment ; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him." (brokenly and imperfectly taken), June 13th, 1662, being the day before... | |
 | Richard Parkinson (D.D.) - 1835 - 446 pages
...Abraham was miraculously called to be the father of the promise, because God foreknew his obedience ; " for I know him that he will command his children and...judgment, that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him ;" were these persons predestined to eternal life because God foreknew... | |
 | Samuel Eyles Pierce - 1835 - 606 pages
...surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him ? For I know him, that he will command his children...judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him." Geu. xviii. 17 — 19. " And the LORD came down in the pillar of the... | |
 | the christians - 1836 - 426 pages
...to impart to Abraham his secret counsels respecting the destruction of the cities of the plain : " For I know him that he will command his children,...judgment ; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him'' (Gen. xviii. 19). The expectation then, that the Divine precepts would... | |
 | Henry Peter Brougham (1st baron Brougham and Vaux.) - 1836 - 128 pages
...God." James, ii. 23. all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him (in his seed — Christ•). For I know him, that he will command his children,...judgment ; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which He hath spoken of him,Y' — namely, the blessing of the whole earth, by the influence of Christianity;... | |
 | Nathaniel Emmons Johnson - 1836 - 222 pages
...faithfulness. Thus, shortly after this transaction, the Lord, referring to this very household promise, said, " For I know him, that he will command his children,...judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him." Gen. xviii. 19. It is manifest from this, that God intended to bless... | |
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For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. 
