...Rom. v. 16. f Rom. x. 4. § 1 Cor. i. 30. ]| 1 cor. ii. U Matt. xi. 25. •• 2 Cor. iv. 3. niota over Abraham and the other elect? No; but he would...it, and was glad. It was the blood of Christ, which distilled, as the dew on Lazarus, in the parable, that he should not feel the flames of hell, because...

...35. What and if ye shall sec the Son of Man ascend up where he was before? John vi. 62. Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day; he saw it, and was glad. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. John viiu 56; 58. 187 Jesus knowing that...

...things from the wise and prudent;f and, if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost. J — He asks, had the devil dominion over Abraham and the...believe of all the elect of that time, that they were born as we are, uuder the powers of darkness, but were thence delivered before they died; and that...

...Saviour's words had a peculiar and complete accomplishment, that was the very moment : " Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day, he saw it, and was glad." Divine justice demanded Isaac for a sin-offering; Divine mercy provided a ram for a typical substitute;...

...or in possession ; but merely as foreseen, as in John viii. 56, where our Lord says : " Your Father Abraham rejoiced to see my day. He saw it, and was glad : " that is, he foresaw it, which is analogous to another interpretation, which the words will very...

...world." In the 56th verse of the chapter whence the text in question is taken, Jesus says, " Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day ; he saw it and was glad." Now what is intended by this ? That Abraham actually beheld that which happened so long after his death?...

...iii. 8. f Rom. iv. 18 — 21. doubt ; for our blessed Lord himself said to the Jews, " Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day; he saw it and was glad*." What can be the meaning of this? can it mean only that he foresaw that this progeny could continue...

...she loved much ; but to whem little 'is forgiven, the same loveth little. Luke vii. 38, 42, 43, 47. Abraham rejoiced to see my day ; he saw it, and was glad. John viii. 56. Luke ii. 28, 29. When the Eunuch had believed, he went on his way rejoicing. Acts viii....

...subject of the nativity, in prosecution of his discourse, happened to mention that text of St. John, " Abraham rejoiced to see my day ; he saw it, and was glad." Upon which a fellow in the congregation cried out aloud (as the fashion then was to disturb even a...

...world began :" his pre-existence is declared in his own words to the unbelieving Jews, " your Father Abraham rejoiced to see my day, he saw it and was glad ; verily, verily 1 say unto you, before Abraham was, I am." This is He of whom Moses and the prophets...