 | Edward Dorr Griffin - 1813 - Страниц: 340
...but absolute. (l For when God made promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no greater He swore by Himself, saying, SURELY blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. — For men verily swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of _ all strife.... | |
 | 1837 - Страниц: 714
...withdrawn or withholden, it is inconceivable how an unwavering confidence can be placed in its character. ' God, willing more abundantly to show unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his council, confirmed it by an oath ; that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God... | |
 | Edward Dorr Griffin - 1813 - Страниц: 416
...upon Himself the whole charge of their salvation. These promises were not conditional but absolute. " For when God made promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no greater He swore by Himself, saying, SURELY blessing I will bless theef and multiplying I will multiply thee.... | |
 | John Murray - 1813 - Страниц: 438
...if we consult our luminous commentator, the apostle Paul, we shall hear him affirm, Hebrews, vi, " When God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he swore by himself, " Saying, surely blessing, I will bless thee, and multiplying, I will multiply thee.... | |
 | William Clayton - 1814 - Страниц: 420
...which shall crown patient perseverence in search of honor, immortality, and eternal life. " For 4' when God made promise to Abraham, because " he could swear by no greater, he sware by him" self, saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, " and multiplying I will multiply thee. And so»... | |
 | William Jay - 1814 - Страниц: 552
...people that are in such a case, yea, happy " is that people whose God is the Lord." When " God gave promise to Abraham, because " He could swear by no greater, He sware by himself ;" when he would bless his people, because He could give them no greater, He gave himself. They are... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner - 1815 - Страниц: 616
...epistle to the Hebrews, Ch. vi. 13, 14. " For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swearby no greater, he sware by himself, saying: Surely, blessing...bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee." For certain; therefore, this was the oath of God Almighty, the one -living and true God, and the Creator... | |
 | 1824 - Страниц: 452
...the joyful expectation that God would fulfil the promise he had made. And to this we are told, that because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, saying, Surely, blessing I will bless tjiee, and multiplying 1 will multiply thy seed, &c. Thus adding his oath to his promise — that by... | |
 | Samuel Eyles Pierce - 1815 - Страниц: 644
...shall all the families of the earth he blessed." Gen. xxii. 18. The apostle tells us", " Because God could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, saying, surely blessing I will bless thee," &c. Keb.'vi. And Zecharias, tft6 father of John the baptist, in his solemn hymn of praise for the advent... | |
 | Alexander Murray (Schoolmaster) - 1815 - Страниц: 564
...said, By MYSELF have I SWORN, saith JEHOVAH." But the Holy Ghost says, Heb. vi. 13. " When GOD made a promise to Abraham, because he could SWEAR by no GREATER, he SWARE by HIMSELF." The same we find in several other accounts of appearances in scripture, which would be too tedious... | |
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For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. 
