 | John Brown - 1766 - 626 pages
...and callcth thofe things which be not as though they were: Whs againß hope believed in hope, tbat be might become the father of many nations ; according to that -which was fpoken, So foall tby feed be. being not weak in faith, he con/îderecf not his <rwn body now dead,... | |
 | Church of Scotland - 1768 - 576 pages
...and from the Almighty, that he fliould commit iniquity. m Rom. iv. 19. And being not Weak in filth, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadncfs of bara's womb. v. 20. He daggered not at the promife of God through unbelief; but was ilrong... | |
 | George Horne - 1769 - 174 pages
...of'his* father Abraham, of which St. Paul has left us the following exalted defcription. —" Who againft hope believed in hope, " that he might become the...father of " many nations, according to that which "was fpoken, So mail thy feed be. " And being not weak in faith, he.cpn" fidered not his own body now dead,... | |
 | John Flavel - 1770 - 556 pages
...firft benefit of a Itrqng faith ? • A. A ftrong faith gives much glory to God ; Rom. iv. i rjt 20. And being not weak in faith, he considered not his...he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadnefs of Sarah's womb. He daggered not at the promise of God through unbelief ; but was ftrong ia... | |
 | 1780 - 712 pages
...and offer up your only begotten fon Ifaac : and it is laid of him, Jlom. iv. 1 8. — ivho againjl hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many natictu : he believed in hope. And I will not fay, that this generation will live to fee the decayed... | |
 | Richard Watson (bp. of Llandaff) - 1785 - 534 pages
...repeats it thas : " Abraham be" lieved God ¡" which he thus explains, ver. 18, 22. " Who againft " hope, believed in hope, that he might become the father...of many . " nations: according to -that which was fpokcn, fo lhall thy feed " be. And being not weak, in faith, he confidered not his own •' body now... | |
 | Thomas Secker (abp. of Canterbury.) - 1790 - 418 pages
...Age of both his Parents, Yet when it was foretold, Abraham, to ufe the Words of St. Paul, conjidered not his own Body, now dead, when he was about an hundred Years old, neither yet the Deadnefs of Sarah's Womb, but was fully perfuaded, that what God had promifed, he was able to perform":... | |
 | Richard Watson - 1791 - 536 pages
...to him for righteoufnefs. Let us fee how St. Paul exprefTes it, Rom. iv. 1 8 — 22 " Who, againft hope, believed in hope, that he might *' become the...father of many nations ; according to that which was " fpokcn, fo mall thy feed be : and being not weak in his faith, *' he confidered not his own body... | |
 | Richard Watson - 1791 - 542 pages
...lieved God j" which he thiis explains, ver. 18, 22. " Who againit " hope, believed in h,ope» 'hat he might become the father of many " nations ; according to that which was fpoken, fo fhall thy feei *' be. Arid being not weak in faith, he cbnfidercd not his own " body now... | |
 | Thomas Secker - 1792 - 718 pages
...able to perform*: and the event juftified his faith. Encouraged by this, he now a fecond time againft hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations^-. For that power, which nad quickened the barren aged womb, could alfo quicken the lifelefi dud. It was... | |
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And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara's womb: He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;... 
