Twelve Lectures Upon the History of AbrahamJ. Hatchard, 1831 - 244 páginas |
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Abimelech Abra Abram Almighty altar Amorites apostle appeared unto assured behold believe blessed brethren called Canaanite Chaldees child children of God Christ Jesus Christian Christian brethren command declared desire divine divine grace duty dwell earnestly earth Egypt enemies eternal faith father fear feelings flesh GENESIS glory God's grace Haran hath heart heaven heavenly heir holy honour hope inheritance inspired historian Isaac Ishmael Israelites Jehovah king land of Canaan laughed LECTURE live Lord Jesus Christ Melchizedek ment mercy Messiah mind mised monstrance nation ness never obedience offered passed patriarch peace portion possession pray prayer present priest promise racter Redeemer remarkable remember rich righteousness Sarah Sarai Saviour Scripture servant Sichem sins Sodom sorrow soul speak Spirit temptations tempted Terah thee thine things thought thy seed tion trial triarch ungodly unto Abraham wife word yourselves
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Página x - And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen, for we be brethren." A strife between the herdmen of Abram and the herdmen of Lot—Abram's disinterested conduct—Separation of Abram and Lot—The Lord appears to Abram after Lot had left him
Página 243 - I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob ;" and our Lord's own comment upon this is, " He is not the God of the dead, but of the living;" while in the only parable which has
Página 216 - My son, God will provide a lamb for the burnt-offering.' In proceeding with the narrative, we read in the 9th verse, " And they came to the place which God had told him of, and Abraham built an altar there and laid the wood in order ; and bound Isaac
Página ix - LECTURE II. GENESIS xii. 7, 8. " The Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land ; and there builded he an altar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him. And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and
Página 166 - For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Página 69 - BETWEEN ME AND THEE, AND BETWEEN MY HERDMEN AND THY HERDMEN, FOR WE BE BRETHREN." THE points of interest which we have hitherto considered in the history of Abram, have been those chiefly which regarded his belief in, his dependence upon, and his obedience to his God. The incident which we are now
Página xiii - Then Abraham gave up the ghost and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years ; and was gathered to his people." The death of Sarah—Sarah's burial—Abraham's directions respecting his son's marriage—The death of Abraham
Página 231 - I am a stranger and asojourner with you ; give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight." He was unwilling to sorrow as one without hope, and therefore, having indulged his grief, as a Christian may and ought to indulge it, for we must not
Página 202 - Esaus, shall be shut out for ever. LECTURE XI. GENESIS xxii. 8. " AND ABRAHAM SAID, MY SON, GOD WILL PROVIDE HIMSELF A LAMB FOR A BURNT-OFFERING." WE enter this morning upon the subject of Abraham's greatest and severest trial, the offering of his son, his
Página 216 - it. Then, and not till then, did the Almighty interfere; then did Abraham hear those blessed words, " Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou anything unto him, for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing that thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from me. And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and