 | William Henry Neale - 1828 - 300 pages
...See Koran, chapter 58, entitled, " She who disputes." r Hebrews vi. 13, " For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater he sware by himself." The next article in the Moslem creed is the belief of angels, both good and bad ; a kind of machinery... | |
 | James Haldane Stewart - 1828 - 500 pages
...Abraham: and, first, he refers them to the Lord's gracious dealing with him : " For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, saying, Surely, blessing I will bless thee." He then mentions Abraham's privilege; that "after he had... | |
 | 1828 - 828 pages
...followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises. 13 For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, 14 Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. 1 5 And so, after... | |
 | 1828 - 160 pages
...company. 1 Sam. xxx. 15. I swear by myself, saith the Lord, Jer. xxii. 5. For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself. For men verily swear by the greater; and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.... | |
 | Burton W. Carr - 1829 - 316 pages
...peoplathat are in such a state, yea, happy is that people whose God is the Lord. "When God gave promise to Abraham, because HE could swear by no greater, HE sware by himself; when he would bless his people, because He could give them no greater, He gave himself. They are all... | |
 | James Nourse - 1829 - 292 pages
...• i -,,,1 • ^ i *-iii « laith and patience inherit the promises, ror when trod 13 made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, ' saying, " Surely blessing I will bless thee, and mul- 14 tiplying I will multiply thee." And so,... | |
 | 1832 - 460 pages
...Exod. vi. 8. The Apostle Paul, referring to this oath in Heb. vi. 13, says, " When God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself; for men verily swear by a greater ; and aa. oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife,"... | |
 | 1834 - 504 pages
...thing. See Rom. xvi, 25 ; 1 Cor. ii, 7 ; Tit. i, 2 ; 2 Tim. i, 9. 8. • For when God made promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no greater, He sware by Himself, saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. Wherein God, willing... | |
 | Ralph Wardlaw - 1830 - 350 pages
...diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end," the apostle says :—" For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. And so, after he had... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1830 - 618 pages
...strong consolation and great hope? The apostle tells us, verses 13, 14, " For, when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself; saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee." This promise is chiefly... | |
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For men verily swear by the greater : and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. 
