 | 1825 - 710 páginas
...verse of the 15th chapter of Genesis, when the promise of a numerous progeny was made to Abraham — " and he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now...the STARS, if thou be able to number them ; and He wid to him, so shall thy seed be."' This is also repealed in the 17th verse of the 22dchapterof Genesis... | |
 | 1825 - 712 páginas
...curse him that curseth thee : and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. GENESIS xv. 5. And he brought him forth abroad, and said, look now...and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them. . . . So shall thy seed be. 6. And he believed in the Lord ; and he counted it to him for righteousness.... | |
 | 918 páginas
...complain that he had no heir, God was graciously pleased to promise Isaac, and to say : " Look now towards heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number...them : and he said unto him, so shall thy seed be." Gen. xv. 5. And he " who against hope believed in hope, staggered riot at the promise of God through... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1825 - 574 páginas
...come forth out of thine own bowels, shall be thine heir : and again ; Look now toward heaven, and till the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. Confiding in these promises wa? that act of Abraham, concerning which it is said, in the following... | |
 | John McDowell - 1825 - 560 páginas
...that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered." Gen. xv. 5 ; "And he brought him forth abroad, and said, look now toward heaven, and tell the stare, if thou be able to number them : and he said unto him so shall thy seed be." Gen. xvii. 2, 4,... | |
 | 1825 - 724 páginas
...Genesis, when the promise of a numerous progeny was made to Abraham—" and he brought him tin i lj abroad, and said, Look now toward Heaven, and tell the STARS, if 1 1 IMH be able to number then* ; and He said to him, so shall tby seed be.'' This is al«o repeated... | |
 | Cotton Mather - 1825 - 298 páginas
...better and more regular capacity for prosecuting these intentions ? . My Reader — " Look now towards heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them ;" yea, tell first the leaves of a Hyrcanian forest, and the' drops of the Atlantic ocean — then... | |
 | Robert Wilson (A.M.) - 1826 - 236 páginas
...house is mine heir. And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto, him, saying, This shall not be thine heir ; but he that shall come forth out of thine own...toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to sum them. And he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. And he believed the LORD ; and he counted it... | |
 | Jonathan Law Pomeroy - 1826 - 332 páginas
...horses, throughout the whole earth. It is said in the account which we have of God's promise to Abraham. And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now...them; and he said unto him, so shall thy seed be. The spiritual seed of Abraham will probably, far out number his natural posterity; and to his spiritual... | |
 | George Townsend - 1826 - 902 páginas
...house is mine heir. 4 And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. 5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be... | |
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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. 
