| John Pearson (bp. of Chester.) - 1822 - 576 pages
...creation; for " through faith," saith he, " we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear," Heb. xi. 3. Not as if the earth which we see, were made of air, or any more subtil body which we see not ; nor... | |
| 1847 - 662 pages
...thereto, when he observes, it is " through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear." (Heb. xi. 3.) For faith, being " the evidence " (or persuasion) " of things not seen," is an assent and confidence... | |
| Caleb Pitt - 1824 - 868 pages
...self-contradictory supposition. " Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen, were not made of things which do appear," Heb. ii. 3. The variety and fortuitousness of human imaginations are a reason of the variety of human choices.... | |
| William Carpenter - 1825 - 572 pages
...storehouses, Peal, uxiii. 6, 7. Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God ; so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear, Heb. xi. 3. VER. 6. Ai' It à TOTE xw/icî SïaTi хдтахХигС.Ч7 àirtiXSTOа Whereby the world that then... | |
| Jacobus Arminius, James Nichols - 1825 - 828 pages
...the latter he speaks thus : " Through faith we understand that the world was framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear." (Heb. xi. 3.) And although that is not expressly and particularly stated of the moral law, in the primeval state... | |
| 1831 - 982 pages
...sense. " By faith we understand that the worlds " (the aeons, or ages) " were constituted by the word of long as the sun : and men shall be blessed in him ; all nations shall call him blessed." I It is not wonderful, therefore, that the church, apprehending by faith the word of the <eon to come... | |
| American Sunday-School Union - 1832 - 224 pages
...beautiful harmony. By faith in the divine testimony, we learn that " the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear." (Heb. xi. 3.) That is, this visible creation was not formed of an eternal pre-existent matter, as the heathen philosophers... | |
| Charles Girdlestone - 1838 - 156 pages
...to explain what faith is : " Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear." (Heb. 11. 3.) No; God made all at the first out of nothing. " Believest thou this ?" Dost thou understand... | |
| Mary Bowley - 1842 - 36 pages
...CHAP. II. THB BEGINNING OF HISTORY. By faith we understand that the worlds were framed, by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear (.Heb. xi. 3). WHEN we talk of making bread, building houses, &c. it" is understood there must be suitable and sufficient... | |
| 1842 - 514 pages
...as they are revealed to us. "Through faith we understari' that the worlds were framed by the word of God : so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear" (Heb. xi. S). Now faith extends itself into a consideration of the essential revealed attributes of God; which,... | |
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