...but also the will and heart, Rom. xii. 13. These all died in faith, not hating received the premises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them. The persuasion of the truth of the promises, is the act of the understanding : the embraeement...

...LECT. IV. SECT. I. HEBREWS, xii. 13. " These all died in faith, not having received the promises, " but having seen them afar off; and were persuaded...them, and confessed that they were " strangers and pilgrims upon earth." IN a former Lecture,* I have endeavoured to establish the first position I had...

...which is by the sea shore innumerable* These all died in faith, not having received the promises,* but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded...embraced* them, and confessed that they were strangers anc| pilgrims pn the earth : Wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he hath prepared...

...according to this faith they died, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, they were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. By this holy word I also learn, how, for the dreadful impieties of the old world,...

...chapter of the epistle to the Hebrews. * " These all died in faith, not having received " the promises, but having seen them afar off, " and were persuaded...them, and confessed that they were strangers " and pilgrims on the earth." How thankful then ought we to be for those superior lights with which we are...

...embracing the promises : Heb. xi. 13. " These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded...embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth." 1 Cor. xiii. 7. " Charity belicveth all things, hopeth all things." If that...

...in embracing the promises : Heb. xi. 13. "These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded...embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth." 1 Cor. xiii. 7. " Charity believeth all things, hopcth all things." If thai...

...those instances, he takes notice that " these all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded...embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers," &c. In these words the apostle seems to have a more particular respect to Abraham and Sarah, and their...

...those instances, he takes notice that " these all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded...embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers," &c. In these words the apostle seems to have a more particular respect to Abraham and Sarah, and their...

...him to all others. Heb. xi. I3j &c. " These all died in fuith, not having received the promises, but were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed* that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For they that say such things, declure plainly that they seek a country. And...