| Assembly of divines confess. and catech - 1765 - 626 страница
...alfo dcfcribeth the bleflednefs of the man unto whom God imputeth righteoufnefs without works, v. 16. Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace, to the end the promife might be fure to all the feed, not to that only which is of the law, but to that alfo which... | |
| 1765 - 500 страница
...faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet imcircumcifed. For the promife that '"he fhobldj^jd the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his feed, through the law but through the righteoufnefs of faith. For if they which are of the law be heirs,... | |
| John Brown - 1766 - 626 страница
...them, he fays, that righteoufnefs may be imputed. VERSES 13. 14. 15. For the promife, that he ßould be the heir of the -world, -was not to Abraham or to his feed through the law, but -through the righteoufnefs of faith. For if they which are of the ¡aw be... | |
| Thomas Dutton - 1778 - 200 страница
...by faith alone; ie by faith, without works. And the apoftle gives the reafons of it, Horn. iv. 1 6. Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace, to the end the promife might before to all the feed. It is of faith, ie of faith alone ; (empty-handed faith, that... | |
| Thomas Boston - 1787 - 470 страница
...which are " of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promife made of " none effeft. Ver. 16 Therefore it 'is of faith, that it might be " by grace, to the end the promiie might be fure to all the feed. " Chap. xi. 6. And if by grace, then it is no more of works... | |
| Richard Watson - 1791 - 500 страница
...7. And here alfö k ihoiild have been tfanâated " tion, is the father of us all. Rom. iv. 16, 17, "Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace ; to the end that the promife might be fure to all the feed ; not to that only which is of the law, [the Jews] but... | |
| Catherine D'Oyly - 1794 - 748 страница
...from St. Paul's epiftle to the Romans, Romans, chap. iv. ver. 13. " For the pro" mife that he fhould be the heir of the " world was not to Abraham, or to his " feed, through the law, but through the " righteoufnefs of faith." Again, St. Paul (fpeaking of the... | |
| Ralph Erskine - 1795 - 518 страница
...of it ; or rather on whom it takes hold. Therefore, 3. It is a fure promife, fure to all the feed; " Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace, to the end the promife might be fure to all the feed," Rom. iv. 16. Hence it is called, The fure mercies of Danid,... | |
| John Flavel - 1799 - 666 страница
...which gives immutability to this covenant. It is not built upon works, but grace: " There' « fore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the pro« niife might be fure to all the feed," Rom. iv. 16. Tins covenant : is not founded as the firtt... | |
| Thomas Boston - 1802 - 422 страница
...reafon it is pitched upon as the great mean of communion betwixt God and finners ; Rom. iv. 1 6. " Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace, to the end the promife might be fure to all the feed." And the ftronger faith is, it fpreads out the more wants, and... | |
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