...of the faith of Abraham ; who is the father of us all, (as it is written, " I have made Gen. xvii. 5 thee a father of many nations,") before him whom he...even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those which be not, as though they were: who against hope, believed in hope, that he might become the father...

...while to illustrate it by two or three examples—Of Abraham it is said, " Who is the father of us all (as it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations) before Him whom « Rom. v. 1, 2. f Rom. xv. 13. be believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things...

...hundred years old, yet he received the word of God, and gave it the honour due to it.—" He believed in God who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were; against hope, he believed in hope, that he should become the father of many nations, according to that...

...unto himself." (Philipp. iii. 21.) It is recorded as one of the special prerogatives of God, that he " quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not, as though they were." (Rom. iv. 17.) And the apostle, in his epistle to the Ephesians, writes of "the exceeding greatness...

...of them a people for his name. Ac. xv. 14. As it is written, 1 have made "thee"(".<i'or<iJk<»n")a eirded not the word of the Lord, left his servants...prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himsel Ro. iv. 1?. God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and God hath chosen...

...same integrity, the law would have the same ability that ever it had, both to justify and save us. 17 (As it is written, I have made thee. a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, cvtn God, who quickeneth the dead, mid calleth those things which be not as though they were. Our apostle...

...testimony of St. Paul, who, expressing the nature of Abraham's faith, propoundeth " him whom he believed as God who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not, as though they were.' (Rom. iv. 17.) For, as to be called in the language of the Scripture is to be, (" Behold what manner...

...which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all, (as it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,") &c. — Nothing can be more explicit than this. 2. "And 1 will establish my covenant between me and...

...written, which no man knoweth, saving he that receiveth it. Rn. ii. 17Par a father of many nations.] As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations. Rom. iv. 17. 6 Kationt of thee, &c.] See com. eerie 4. And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: behold...

...of the flesh, but the children of faith, as Paul, Rom. iv. declareth: "who is the father of us all, (as it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations), even before God, whom he did believe." So that Paul maketh two Abrahams, a begetting and a believing...