 | 1836 - 230 pages
...confirmation is to them an end of all strife. 17 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto Lite heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel,...consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before UP : 19 Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and... | |
 | Joseph Wilson (Minister of Laxton.) - Holy Spirit - 1836 - 408 pages
...abundantly to shew unto the heirs of prom1se the immutability of his counsel, conf1rmed it by an oath ; that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible...for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us." (Heb. vi. 17— 19.) Here then is firm ground, on which to build 1 Psalm xxxix. 7 ; Ixxi. 5. the Christian's... | |
 | Hobart Caunter - Sermons - 1836 - 416 pages
...promise upon which the Christian's best hopes are founded, he condescended to confirm by an oath, " that by two immutable things in which it was impossible...for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us." What condescension in such a Creator towards such creatures! — A Creator unchangeable, eternal and... | |
 | William Ainger - 1836 - 434 pages
...introduction to eternal glory, as long as God remains faithful to his promise ; and it is said, that " by two immutable things, in which it was impossible...for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us," in the gospel, " which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which entereth... | |
 | Joseph Hall - Bishops - 1837 - 630 pages
...blessedness, the unchageableness and stability of his decree, confirmed his promise by an oath : VI. 18. That by two immutable things, in which it was...for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: That so, by two immutable things, viz. God's promise and his oath, in both or either of which, it was... | |
 | Preaching - 1837 - 210 pages
...abundantly to show to the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible...for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:' Heb. 6:17, 18. This is strong consolation, most assuredly. But if a single one of these ' heirs of... | |
 | Bible - 1837 - 324 pages
...abundantly to show unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath ; that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible...for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us. (This ii all the authority for judicial § 4. THE SABBATH. MAT. 12: 7. I will have mercy and not sacrifice.... | |
 | Church history - 1837 - 844 pages
...abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath ; that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible...for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us : Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which enter eth into that... | |
 | James Hervey - Justification (Christian theology) - 1837 - 730 pages
...of ' flying to Christ, and laying hold on him.' " The passage alluded to is Heb. vi. 18, J9. "That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible...for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us : which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast," &c. Who hateßed, is an act... | |
 | Sermons - 1819 - 588 pages
...to show unto the heirs of promise, the immutability of His counsel, confirmed it with an oath ; that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible...for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us ; which hope we have as an anchor to the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that... | |
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That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us... 
