...him aright, the Lord himself did shew himself unto him — " Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken ; where he had promised to give his presence, when...of the Lord : my heart and my flesh crieth out fo Gen. xii. 1 ; Acts, vii. 2, 3. It was this God of glory, the sight and visions of this God of glory,...

...mind these and other passages of Scripture relating to the subject. St. Stephen says (Acts vii.), " The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham,...thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall show thee ; then came he out of the land of the Chaldeans." — And in the twenty-fourth chapter of...

...thou know ? the measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. (3) Acts vii. 2. The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham,...he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran. (4) 1 Tim. vi. 15. Which in his times he shall show, U-/KI is the blessed and only Potentate, the King...

...so? 1 nifcft ^^ iT^niwI' 4^ 1 ^l niai *5 »t>i«/ 2 And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Cl/arran, 3 And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the...

...proto-martyr, that the country of Chaldea embraced a part of Mesopotamia : — ' The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before...dwelt in Charran, and said unto him, get thee out of this country, . . . then came he out of the land of the Chaldees, and dwelt in Charran.' Hence it is...

...AND SUBJECTS. IV. THE TIMES AND SEASONS OF ITS RESTORATION. I. THE KINGDOM OF ISRAEL — WHAT IT WAS. The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran, when he was probably an idolater, and called him into Canaan, with the promise that he would...

...and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee." Acts vii. 2. " The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham,...he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran," &c. Dr. Hales supposes, that Abraham received two calls, the former of which is omitted in the Old...

....JLHEN said the high-priest, Are these things so? And he said, 2 Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken ; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham...in Charran, and said unto him, Get thee out of thy 3 country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I corrupt leaders, ver. 12 ; that true...

...But the point is (to me, at least) decided by the express statement of St. Stephen, Acts vii. 1 — 4. " The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before that he dwelt in Charran. And God said unto him, Depart from thy country and from thy father's house,...

...land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees." — Gen. xi. 27, 28. 3 " The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran." — Acts vii. 2. 4 " Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred,...