...and so will every unbiassed reader ; " so thought Paul when he said," in the same chapter, ver.lt), Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead. Thus according to the Apostle, Abraham believed, that after the offering up of Isaac, God was able...

...deliverance were descriptive of Christ's death and resurrection. Abraham, says the Apostle, offered up Isaac, accounting that God was able to raise him up even...from the dead ; from whence also he received him in a Jigure..\ The history of this transaction informs us, that on the third day Abraham lift up his eyes,...

...up ISAAC ; a:iti he thai had received the promises offered np his only-begotten ton, of whom it teas said, That in ISAAC shall thy seed be called: accounting...from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure. — (See also Gen. xxii.) THE obedience manifested by ABRAHAM, in the unparalleled trial to...

...he mentions in the eleventh chapter of his letter, this is noticed with unqualified approbation : " By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac...received the promises offered up his only begotten son." That Abraham was fully convinced that the command was from God, is evident from the promptitude with...

...own arguments against the death * This seems to be the Apostle's view of the matter, when he says. " By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac...received the promises, offered up his only begotten son." Hebrews xi. 17. of Christ being considered as a sacrifice for sin, in the same manner as the Author...

...Isaac ah>e. He never dreamt of going back to Sarah without the lad; " accounting," says the Apostle, " that God was able to raise him up even from the dead ; from whence also he received him in a figure." (Heb. xi. 19.) None may have to pass through such a trial as that of Abraham : nevertheless...

...ABRAHAM, AND ABRAHAM'S OBEDIENCE AND FAITH IN OFFERING ISAAC, CONSIDERED. PART II. HEB. II. 17, 18, 19. " By faith Abraham when he was tried, offered up Isaac:...and he that had received the promises offered up his only-begotten son,... .Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: .... Accounting...

...be called the only- son of Abraham in reference to the promise, as the apostle speaks expressly ; " By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac,...and he that had received the promises offered up his onlybegotten son," Heb. xi. 17. Avoiding therefore these two expositions, as far short of the true...

...went out, not knowing whither he went:" (xi. 8.) — after, when " by faith, when he was tried, he offered up Isaac ; and he that had received the promises offered up his only -begotten son." (xr. 17.) — But both these instances the Apostle passes over, because in each, works, the result...

...is taught hoth in the Old and New Testament. [Ahraham] accounted that God was ahle to raise [Isaac] up, even from the dead : from whence also he received him in a figure. Heh. xi, 19. I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon...