 | John Gregory Pike - 1831 - 396 páginas
...which hath foundations, whose builder and Maker is God."" Of others eminent for piety it is said, *' They desire a better country, that is, an heavenly...called their God ; for he hath prepared for them a city."' What must that abode be, which a God of love provides for those he condescends to own ! How... | |
 | 1831 - 982 páginas
...of them, and embracing them, and confessing that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth ; " " both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, city." (Heb. xi. 13, 16.) And Moses also " had respect unto the recompence of the reward." (verse 26.)... | |
 | George Fox - 1831 - 610 páginas
...faith of the elders, and of Enoch, Abel, and of Abraham, and these by faith sought a country that is heavenly, wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he hath prepared a city for them ; and such went under mockings, stonings, scourgings and imprisonings ; and wandered... | |
 | Ralph Wardlaw - 1832 - 168 páginas
...with this passage, Heb. xi. 13 — 16. " These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded...called their God ; for he hath prepared for them a city.!' The faith, and hope, and desire, of the patriarchs, are here represented as having for their... | |
 | Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 486 páginas
...pilgrims on the earth ; for they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country : arid truly, if they had been mindful of that country from...called their God, for he hath prepared for them a city. //.-. xi. 13—16. GENESIS [AM 2*15. CHAPTER L. 1 AND Joseph fell upon his father's face, and... | |
 | William Jay - 1832 - 704 páginas
...that say such things, declare plainly that they seek a country. And truly, if they had been minduil of that country from whence they came out, they might...called their God : for he hath prepared for them a city." This fine passage shows us that Jacob was a pilgrim, not only or principally because of his... | |
 | Charles Eyre - 1832 - 482 páginas
...death, thus declaring plainly that they are not of this world, that they seek another country, that they desire a better country, that is an heavenly,...called their God, for he hath prepared for them a city ; forbear then to think lightly of your brethren, who are on the road to glory, whose faces are... | |
 | Cornelius Ives - 1832 - 420 páginas
...they " came out, they might have had opportunity " to have returned. But now they desire a bet** ter country, that is, an heavenly : wherefore " God is...God : " for He hath prepared for them a city." As to the truth of the Apostle's statement, that God, whose name is Jehovah, is not ashamed to be called... | |
 | John Newland Maffitt - 1832 - 254 páginas
...conversation is in heaven. They are not of this world ; for they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly : wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God ; for he hath prepared for them a city, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. They are bending their steps to the country... | |
 | Daniel Tyerman, George Bennet - 1832 - 312 páginas
...now desire a better country, that is, an " heavenly ;" and we must add in the confidence of faith, " wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God ; for He hath prepared for them a city." — Hebrews xi. 16. In the evening, Mr. Orsmond preached to the people from the words, " Who,... | |
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These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For they that say such things declare plainly that... 
