...great measure, in which we may afterwards receive them. Thus, Abraham believed God when God said, " Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them. And he said unto him, So shall thy seed be." What was the consequence? His faith was immediately accounted...

...own fervent hope. And thus again, chap, xv., it is written, ' He brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them : and he said unto him, Thus shall thy seed he.' And again, chap. xv. : 'And he said unto Abram, Know of...

...heaven to which the childless Abraham raised his eyes, when in the still night the promise was made to him : " Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them : — so shall thy seed be." It is the same heaven which our first parents saw, whilst they still walked...

...Damascus; 'but he who shall come forth out of thine own bowels, shall be thine heir.' And again : ' Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them : and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.' Confiding in these promises was that act of Abraham concerning...

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...p'romise of a numerous progeny was made to Abraham — " and he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward Heaven, and tell the STARS, if thou be able to number them ; and He said to him, so shall thy seed be."' This is also repealed in the 17th verse of the 22dchapterof...

...shall all families of the earth be blessed. GENESIS xv. 5. And he brought him forth abroad, and said, look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them. . . . So shall thy seed be. 6. And he believed in the Lord ; and he counted it to him for righteousness....

...complain that he had no heir, God was graciously pleased to promise Isaac, and to say : " Look now towards heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them : and he said unto him, so shall thy seed be." Gen. xv. 5. And he " who against hope believed in hope, staggered...

...better and more regular capacity for prosecuting these intentions ? . My Reader — " Look now towards heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them ;" yea, tell first the leaves of a Hyrcanian forest, and the' drops of the Atlantic ocean — then...

...in the account which we have of God's promise to Abraham. And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them; and he said unto him, so shall thy seed be. The spiritual seed of Abraham will probably, far out number...