...ver. 13. It is said of them, they all died in faith, not having received the promises ; but they saw them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. And doing so, they that say such things, ver. 14. declare plainly that they...

...have been no redemption. If the patriarchs who " all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded...embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth," secured to themselves a better country, that is, an heavenly, so was it to...

...propriety be applied to them,. They all died in the faith, not having received the promises, but haying seen them afar off; and were persuaded of them, and...embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth, Heb. xi. 13. So in particular did Moses himself, by whom the law was given,...

...from Abel to Abraham and Sarah, says, " These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded...embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth, J> Heb. xi. Then the apostle proceeds to shew that they sought a better country,...

...of all who are walking iu the same way, These all died in faith ; not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded...embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. Brethren! it is the utmost wish of my heart, and my most earnest prayer, that...

...foundations, whose builder and maker is God. These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded...embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. And...

...embracittg the promises ; Heb. xi. 13. " These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded...embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.'' § 9. There is contained in the nature of faith a sense of our own unworthiness....

...by death, on the 4th of October, 1812. "These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded...embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and -pilgrims on the earth. For they that say such things, declare plainly that they seek a country. And...

...finished. Therefore, it is truly said of them ; these all died in faith, not having received the promises ; but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded...embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth* The land of Canaan was not the object of their hope : it was only a sign and...

...and that Rock was Christ.' 1 Cor. x. 4. These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded...embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. And...