 | John Reading - 1655 - 234 pages
...circumcifed, that righteottfntfs might be imputed to them alfo. Rom.^. u. his-faith preceded the feal who believed in hope, that he might become the father of many Nations. Rom. 4. 18. this was when God fpake to him, Gen. 15.6. and he not tveak^ in faith —being fully perf«>adtd,&c.... | |
 | Matthew Hole - 1716 - 540 pages
...Apoftle affirms, That he was not weak in Faith, but agninfl Hope believ'd in Hope, that he might be the Father of many Nations ", according to that which was Spoken, So Jhall thy Seed be: Rom.4. 18,&c. Moreover, the Author to the Hebrtws tells us, that by Faith Abraham... | |
 | John Hutchinson - 1748 - 546 pages
...who quickeneth the Dead, and calleth thofe Things which be not, as though they -were : Who againft Hope, believed in Hope, that he might become the Father of many Nations } according to that 'which wasfpoken, So Jhall thy Seed be. And being not weak in Faith, be confldered not his own Body now dead*... | |
 | George Horne - 1769 - 174 pages
...of^hia. 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 (hall thy feed be. " And being not weak in faith, he con" fidered not his own body now dead,... | |
 | Richard Watson (bp. of Llandaff) - 1785 - 534 pages
...to him for righteoufnefs. Let us fee how St. Paul exprefles it, Rom. iv. 18—¡¿2." Who, againft hope, believed in hope, that he might •' become...father of many nations ;• according to that which was " fpoken, fo mall thy feed be : and being not weak in his faith, M he confidered not his own body now... | |
 | Richard Watson - 1791 - 536 pages
...counted to him for rightcoufnefs. Let us fee how St. Paul exprefles it, Rom. iv. 18—22 " Who, againft hope, believed in hope, that he might *' become the...father of many nations; according to that which was " fpoken, fo ihall thy feed be : and being not weak in his faith, " he conlidered 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,op e » '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... | |
 | 1805 - 590 pages
...He saith not, And to seeds, as of many ; but of one. And to thy seed which is Christ. Rom. iv. 18. Who against hope believed in hope that he might become...according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be. As Isaac, who was born after the promise, and his numerous posterity, represented the ultimate objects... | |
 | Alexander Macwhorter - 1803 - 560 pages
...their existence, and brings them forward to the iriew of the mind as present realities. Thus " Abraham believed " in hope, that he might become the father of many nations."— These nations, though they had no present existence, yet the ftirti of the patriarch was so firm in... | |
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who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the Father of many nations, according to that which was spoken ; so shall thy seed be. He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strong in faith, giving glory to 
