...efficacy, in that the counsel of God was by his promise and oath confirmed, Heb. fi. 17, 18. " That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation." For the promise gives a rightful claim to the creature, and the fulfilling of...

...he ob•' tained the promise. For men verily <e swear by the greater, and an oath for con" firmation is to them an end of all strife. " Wherein God willing...abundantly " to show unto the heirs of promise the im" mutability of his counsel, confirmed it by • " an oath ; that by two immutable things in " which...

...being willing more abundantly to show to the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, hath confirmed it by an oath, that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, they might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope set...

...friend. How much more should we do this when God has sent us his word, and has set his seal to it, that, by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation who have fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before us ! In the history...

...expression of the Apostle to the Hebrews, Heb. vi. 17, 18. Wherein God willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his...for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, &c. Wherein the Apostle obviates and removes all doubts and misprisions, lest God after the declaring...

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...us : " Willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, he confirmed it by an oath ; that by two immutable things,...which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us." Let us then seriously...

...contrast is this to the doctrine of the gospel ! — ' Wherein Ged, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his...by an oath : that by two immutable things, in which it teas impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to...