| James Macknight - Bible - 1810 - 566 pages
...believers of all nations to him for seed, That which is by the faith of Abraham. Rom. iv. 16. That the promise might be sure to all the seed ; not to that onlywfiich ia by the law, but to that also which is by the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us... | |
| Robert Traill - Presbyterian Church - 1810 - 600 pages
...16. Therefore it (the promise, or the inheritance promised) /'/ of faith, that it might be by gracei to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed. A promise is made for faith ; (would ever God or man promise, but to be believed ?) faith is given... | |
| William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 462 pages
...law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect; because the law worketh wrath. Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace;...the end the promise might be sure to all the seed," Rom. iv. 13 — 16*. Thus you see we have made shift to bring even Moses himself on our side of the... | |
| Thomas Boston - Man (Theology) - 1811 - 476 pages
...if they which are of the law be heirs, faith i& made void, and the promise made of none effect.— Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace,...the end the promise might be sure to all the seed." Chap. xi. 6. " And if by grace, then it is no more of works ; otherwise grace is no more grace. But... | |
| Thomas Boston - Man (Theology) - 1811 - 472 pages
...if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect. — Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace,...the end the promise might be sure to all the seed." Chap. xi. 6. " And if by grace, then it is no more of works ; otherwise grace is no more grace. But... | |
| William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 424 pages
...grants us this right; in what way it comes, and how it is secured; namely, by a covenant of promise: " It is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed." But, then, " Should I lie against my right?" No: I should not. But I often have, and so have others... | |
| Thomas Scott - Calvinism - 1811 - 824 pages
..."righteousness, which is by faith." " It was of " faith, that it might be of grace ; to the end " that the promise might be sure to all the seed ; " not to that only which wag of the law, but to that "also which is of the faith of Abraham^ who it "the father of us all."1... | |
| Thomas Scott - Calvinism - 1811 - 408 pages
...justified, and the blessings, which were secured to him by covenant.3 Of him especially the apostle says, " 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 that only, which is of the " law, but to... | |
| John Smith - Bible - 1812 - 286 pages
...no " effect. Because the law worketh wrath ; for where there is no law, there is no transgression. Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace...the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all."* Abraham believed, and was circumcised ; and according to the gospel, " He that believeth, and is baptized,... | |
| John Locke - 1812 - 516 pages
...and v. 10, 13, 20, and vii. 7, 8, 10, 1 Cor. xv. 56, Gil. iii. 19, John ix. 41, and xv. 22. TEXT. 16 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace;...the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us 'all. 17 (As it is written, " I have made thee a father of many nations") before him whom be believed, even... | |
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