...to the effects of their own ignorance, wanting those clear and powerful motives to love their God. God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. Nevertheless, this prepared them for the times of grace; so that if any riper souls came...

...concludes that she is the mother of us all, Gal. iv. 26. which agrees with what he says, Heb. xi. 40. God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. Where there is the like perfection, there there is the exultation of|the mother over...

...earth. 39 Aod these all, having obtained a good report through faith, reeeived not the promise: 40 God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfeet. CHAP. XII. 1 An exhortation to eonstant faith, patienee, $ godliness. 22 Jl eommendation...

...obtained a good report through faith, received not * Luke xx. 38. f Luke xxiii. 43. $ Acts ii. 34. the promise : God having provided some better thing for us ; that they without us should not be made perfect.'* There is, therefore, some promise which these saints have not yet received, which they...

...having obtained a good report, through faith received not the promises; (though actually made to them) God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be . The prophet Ezekiel holds up this doctrine in his xxxviith c/iap. from the ISthver. "therefore prophecy...

...for us. Accordingly, St. Paul, celebrating the virtues and faith of the old servants of God, saith, " These all having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise," that heavenly country, that city which God hath prepared for them ;* "God having provided" or foreseen...

...through faith, received not the promises," and the reason is plainly given, that " God having foreseen some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect :" that is, God in his infinite wisdom has so ordered the progressive nature of the redemption...

..." For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did." And chap. xi. 40. " God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made period." The ancient dispensation is spoken of. -is that which God found fault with, in proving...

...things which the an4 gels themselves desire to look into.w And especially we bless thee, that thou Iiast provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect./? (6.) For the w onderful and mysterious incarnation of the Son of God, and his coming...

...this word is supposed to include heaven. In Heb. xi. 39, 40, St. Paul says of the Ancient saints, And these all, having obtained a good report through Faith,...that they without us should not be made perfect. The promise here denotes, I apprehend, the good, or reward, promised to Faith and obedience, in its full...