...of God ; concerning whom St. Paul affirms expressly, that ' the fathers received not the promises ; God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect :'6 therefore cer' Jude, 6. * Matt. viii. 29. 3 2 Pet. ii. 9. Lactant. lib. vii. c. 21,...

..." For the law made nething perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did." And chap. xi. 40 : " God having provided some better thing for us, that they, without us, should not be made perfect." The ancient dispensation is spoken of as that which God found fault with, in proving...

...Paul says, of the Ancient saints, And these all, having obtained a good report through Faith, rtcthed not the promise : God having provided some better thing for us, that iTwy without us should not be made perfect. The promise here denotes, I apprehend, the good, or reward,...

...Apostle to the Hebrews, concerning the Patriarchs, and other good men before Christ's incarnation ; ' And these all having obtained a good report through faith,...better thing for us, that they without us should not be perfect.' Hither also they referred that of the Psalmist, ' Lift up your heads, O ye gates ; and be...

...thing without which they could not be perfected : wherefore it is written, Heb. xi. 39, 40, « And these all, having obtained a good report through faith,...better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect." And in the enumeration of the heavenly company in the following chapter of the Hebrews,...

...wherefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city. — 89. 40. And these all, having obtained a good report through faith,...better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. 8. And the four beasts (living creatures) had each of them six wings about him; and they...

...Apostle to the Hebrews, concerning the Patriarchs, and other good men before Christ's incarnation ; ' And these all having obtained a good report through faith,...better thing for us, that they without us should not be perfect.' Hither also they referred that of the Psalmist, ' Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be...

...were necessary, all that has been said is crowned by the concluding sentence of the apostle — " And these all having obtained a good report, through faith,...some better thing for us, that they without us should Bot be made perfect ;" which " better thing,'' whether it mean the personal appearance of the Messiah,...

...should be rendered incapable of reading such choice passages in the original. caves of Ihe earth. And these all, having obtained a good report through faith,...provided some better thing for us, that they without ut should not be made perfect.—(Hebrews, xi, 32—40. " Through twelve bright signs Apollo guides...

...David, " &c. who are instanced,) having " obtained a good report [or rather " having borne witness*] through " faith, received not the promise ; " God...thing for us, that they without us " should not be made perfect." k This proves, that, whether the enjoyment of the promise is to be on earth or in heaven,...