 | Peter Immens - 1801 - 596 pages
...Abraham, of whom Paul teftifies, that when he was called to go out into a place which he mould afterwards receive for an inheritance, he obeyed and went out, not knowing •whither he -went, Heb. xi. 8. By this confcienrious adherence to the commands of his God, the believer's regard to the... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 424 pages
...Abraham kept these laws I shall endeavour to prove. Upon God's call to Abraham, Paul says, " By faith he obeyed, and went out, not knowing whither he went." This was the beginning of his obedience. And when God promised that his seed should be as the stars for multitude,... | |
 | James Ross - 1825 - 472 pages
...conduct is highly commended, in that, being called to go out into a place which he should afterwards receive for an inheritance, he obeyed, and went out, not knowing whither he went. In like manner did the great apostle of the Gentiles manifest his obedience to the will of God, when... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - 1825 - 462 pages
...the will of God. For by faith, when he was called to go out into a place, which he should afterwards receive for an inheritance, he obeyed ; and went out, not knowing whither he went. In return, God exercised corresponding love to him and confidence in him. He condescended to make a... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1828 - 476 pages
...obedience; and therefore, as St. Paul writes, " when he was called to go out into " a place, which he should after receive for " an inheritance, he obeyed, and went out, " not knowing whither he went." His faith, indeed, taught him to look for " a " city which hath foundations, whose " builder and maker... | |
 | Simon Patrick (bp. of Ely.) - 1839 - 286 pages
...nothing earlier than this, that by faith, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, he obeyed, and went out, not knowing whither he went. This was the first thing wherein his faith employed itself : and the last was like unto it ; for when he was tried... | |
 | Henry Edward J. Howard (hon.) - 1840 - 340 pages
...most remarkable nature — "by it, when he was called to go out into a place which he should hereafter receive for an inheritance, he obeyed, and went out, not knowing whither he went ;"-f- but though it thus enabled him to despise his present comforts, to expose himself to a variety... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - 1842 - 520 pages
...the will of God. For, by faith, when he was called to go out into a place which he should afterwards receive for an inheritance, he obeyed ; and went out, not knowing whither he went. In return, God exercised corresponding love to him, and confidence in him. He condescended to make... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - 1842 - 530 pages
...the will of God. For, by faith, when he was called to go out into a place which he should afterwards receive for an inheritance, he obeyed; and went out, not knowing whither he went. In return, God exercised corresponding love to him, and confidence in him. He condescended to make... | |
 | Thomas Kerchever Arnold - 1847 - 572 pages
...nothing earlier than this, that by faith, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, he obeyed, and went out, not knowing whither he went. This was the first thing wherein his faith employed itself: and the last was like unto it ; for when he was tried... | |
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When he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an Inheritance, he obeyed, and went out not knowing whither he went. 
