 | 1828 - 546 pages
...1 many be made righteous." It cannot be by faith as a work, for St. Paul asserts, (Rom. iv. 16) : " Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace...the end the promise might be sure to all the seed." And he shows that grace and works are in this matter quite opposite and inconsistent. (Rom. xi. 6.)... | |
 | James Nourse - 1829 - 292 pages
...effect. Because the law 15 worketh wrath : for where no law is there is no transgression. There- 16 fore it is of faith, that it might be by grace ; to the...I have made thee a father of many nations") before 17 him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not,... | |
 | Edward Dorr Griffin - 1829 - 276 pages
...whom centered all the promises made to Abraham, they inherit a sure title to all covenant blessings: "It is of faith that it might be by grace, to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed." "They are not all Israel which are of Israel; [NOT ALL SEED WHO BELONG TO THE VISIBLE CHURCH;] —... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1830 - 588 pages
...Another distinguishing scripture note of saving faith is, that it is the faith of Abraham. Rom. iv. 16. " Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace...the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all." Now, the faith of Abraham cannot be faith of that degree of which Abraham's was ; for undoubtedly multitudes... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1830 - 648 pages
...Another distinguishing Scripture note of saving faith is, that it is the faith of Abraham. Rom. iv. 16. " Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace...the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all." Now, the faith of Abraham cannot be the faith of that degree of which Abraham's was ; for undoubtedly... | |
 | William Hussey (of Hawkhurst.) - 1830 - 112 pages
...is, there is no transgression. Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end that the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to...father of us all, (as it is written, " I have made Gen. xvii. 5 thee a father of many nations,") before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth... | |
 | John Platts - 1833 - 504 pages
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 | Joseph Emerson - 1830 - 604 pages
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 | Ralph Wardlaw - 1830 - 300 pages
...sequence. Yet it may bo worth while to illustrate it by two or three examples — Of Abraham it is said, " Who is the father of us all (as it is written, I have...nations) before Him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were ; who against hope believed... | |
 | 1830 - 520 pages
...evident — being justified freely, by his grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus — therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace...the end the promise might be sure to all the seed — he that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses — how shall we escape... | |
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Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all... 
