Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath : that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled... A System of Revealed Religion ... - Page 821819Full view - About this book
| Richard Baxter - Conversion - 1825 - 426 pages
...by himself. For men verily swear by the greater : and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of strife. Wherein God willing more abundantly to show...which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before us: which hope we have... | |
| Richard Baxter - Christian life - 1825 - 612 pages
...covenant, promise, and oath sufficient security for you ? " Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew to the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel,...for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation y." And are not the heavenly seal and earnest of his Spirit sufficient to confirm us*?" And have you... | |
| George Townsend - 1825 - 808 pages
...to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath ; 18 That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible...for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us. 19 Which Itope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that... | |
| William Carpenter - Bible - 1825 - 698 pages
...rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end, Heb. iii. 6. That by two immutable things, in which it iras impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong...hold upon the hope set before us : Which hope we have aa an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which entereth into thatwithin the veil, vi.... | |
| 1858 - 726 pages
...sweet to connect with the " wills" and " shalls7' of Jehovah his covenant oath, as it is written, " 8 @* Third. " Abundantly." Not niggardly — not barely — not keep merely to the letter of the promise... | |
| John Owen - Puritans - 1826 - 600 pages
...impossible he should deceive any. So Heb. vi. 17, 18. ' Wherein God willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his...for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us.' The design of God is, that we may receive encouragement in our ' flying for refuge to the hope set... | |
| Rev. Tomas Scott (Rector of Ashton Sandford, Bucks.), Thomas Chalmers - Christianity - 1826 - 592 pages
...wisdom, faithfulness, and love, of God ; and from his promise, covenant, and counsel, " confirmed with an oath ; that by two immutable things, in which it...hope set before us: which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast."—" Whom he did foreknow, he did also predestinate to be conformed... | |
| John Pridham - 1826 - 376 pages
...God has ratified it by the sanction of an oath :— " Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his...which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: which hope we... | |
| Thomas Shaw B. Reade - 1827 - 484 pages
...truth, secured by his oath, and sealed by his blood ; for " God, being willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his...hope set before us ; which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil: whither the forerunner... | |
| Stephen Laidler, James William Massie - Converts - 1827 - 440 pages
...promises of eternal blessings by covenant and by oath. " Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his...for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us." Heb. vi. 17,18. Much more might be said. Besides the word, God has been pleased to appoint various... | |
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