 | George Pretyman - 1832 - عدد الصفحات: 406
...These promises of numerous descendants were made to Abraham at the time he had no children, but " he believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness (</)." — "And God said unto Abraham in a dream, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that... | |
 | Richard Watson - 1832 - عدد الصفحات: 1094
...son, and that his seed should be countless as the stars of heaven. And it is emphatically added, " He believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness." He was then fully assured, that he stood before God, a pardoned and accepted man, " whose iniquities... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1832 - عدد الصفحات: 834
...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. THE enjoyment of the divine presence is truly satisfying to the soul. In having the light of God's... | |
 | Isaac Ambrose - 1832 - عدد الصفحات: 730
...condition of the covenant of grace is faith, and only faith: to this purpose it is said of Abraham, " He * There I stand firmly, there I am secure I'rom Satan's prey." It Gen. 15:6. Rom. 4:3. Gal. 3:6. James 2:23. This text is often alleged by the apostles: the word " believed"... | |
 | Edward Hawkins - 1833 - عدد الصفحات: 234
...which his posterity should rival in number. Nor was all this gracious condescension in vain. Abram " believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness ' ." And yet, it appears, his soul required some further assurance : " Lord God," he said, " whereby shall I... | |
 | 1833 - عدد الصفحات: 776
...barrenness of Sarah, his seed should be countless as the stars, the sacred historian records, " he believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness " (Gen. xv. 6) : that is, his faith was accounted for righteousness. But the Christian believer is... | |
 | George Burder, Joseph Hughes - 1833 - عدد الصفحات: 1134
...tell the stars, *if thou be able to number them. And he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. 6 And he rael is come unto me : and I have also seen the oppression wherewith 0.1. U.56.5. Acul.S. /Prov.29.ill. g с. П. 16. A Deut. 1. 10. Heb. 11. IS. i Rom. 4. 18. j Horn.... | |
 | John Page - 1834 - عدد الصفحات: 392
...Abrani, upon a similar announcement, (see Gen. xv. 6.) forms a contrast to this of Zacharias; " he believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness;" and, as St. Paul says, (Rom. iv. 18.) "against hope, he believed in hope," &c. It has indeed been objected... | |
 | Robert Haldane - 1834 - عدد الصفحات: 526
...as a medium through which they should be conveyed, he also promised to him great temporal benefits. "Abraham believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness." This being recorded, showed the manner in which the blessing of righteousness to be provided in the... | |
 | 1834 - عدد الصفحات: 274
...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. And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land... | |
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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. 
