 | Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber - Theology - 1822 - 566 pages
...of God ; concerning whom St. Paul affirms expressly, that " the fathers received not the promises : God having provided some better thing for us, that they, without us, should not be made perfect r :" therefore, certain it is, that their condition was a state of imperfection, and yet... | |
 | Shakers - 1823 - 346 pages
...patriarchs and prophets, says, * And these all having obtained a good report through faith, re" ceived not the promise : God having provided some better thing " for us, that they without us should not be made perfect"* These having been faithful to walk according to the light which was revealed in their... | |
 | David Jennings - Bible - 1823 - 654 pages
...made perfect ? " These all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promises, God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect." We answer, The verb rcteuw, and the adjective reXsio;, are applied by the Greek writers... | |
 | Shakers - 1823 - 348 pages
...all, having obtained a good " report through faith, received not the promise : God having pro" vided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be " made perfect."J It appears to be a prevailing opinion, that those who died in faith, before the coming... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - Theology - 1824 - 602 pages
...supposed to include heaven. In Heb. xi. 39, 40, St. Paul says of the ancient saints, ' And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received...thing for us, that they without us, should not be made perfect.' The promise here denotes, I apprehend, the good, or reward, promised to faith and obedience,... | |
 | Samuel Davies - Presbyterian Church - 1864 - 686 pages
...many ages ago ; but St. Paul tells us, whose privilege it was to live in gospel-day, that " God has provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect," Heb. xi. 40 : for us he has provided the clear revelation of the gospel ; and shall not this have a proportionable... | |
 | William Carpenter - Bible - 1825 - 630 pages
...them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth, Heb. xi. 13. And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received...better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect, 39, 40. Of which salvation the prophets have inquired and searched diligently, who prophesied... | |
 | Thomas Amory - 1825 - 428 pages
...depended upon his conduct and assistance. The better thing provided for Christians. " And these all having obtained a good report through faith, received...better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect ; Hebrews, ch. xi. v. 39. 40, that is, Though the upright under the law have a good character... | |
 | Mary Martha Sherwood - 1825 - 302 pages
...they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and core* of the earth. And these all, hoeing obtained a good report through faith, received not...better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect." — (Hebrews xi. 32 — 40.) It was impossible for me, after having heard this quotation... | |
 | Thomas Amory - 1825 - 426 pages
...depended upon his conduct and assistance. The better thing provided for Christians. " And these all haying obtained a good report through faith, received not...better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect; Hebrews, ch. zi. v. 39. 4O, that is, Though the upright under the law have a good character... | |
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And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. 
