...worketh by love. § 3. TRUE FAITH ILLUSTRATED. GEN. 15: 5. And he brought him forth abroad, and said, look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, so shall thy seed be. And he believed in the LORD ; and he counted...

...stranger in blood and country, this Eliezer of Damascus. XV. 5. And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them : and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. Moreover, he brought him forth of his house...

...curse him that curseth thee; and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed." Gen. 12:2, 3. " Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them. And he said unto him, So shall thy seed be," " In that same day the Lord made a covenant...

...fifteenth chapter of Genesis.2 " The Lord," as we are there told, " brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them : And he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. And he believed in the Lord ; and he counted...

...magnitude that makes the Divine promise to Abraham not a mere emphatic simile, but an exact comparison. " Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them : so shall thy seed be." — Gen. ch. xv. ver. 5. If (he nebula that abound so much above...

...girt the seas, of all the world. Again, we bid you to number these. And yet the task is not ended : " Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them." Substitute next for each several grain composing that mountain, a myriad of millions...

...heritage — they have made it desolate — Jer. xii. 7, 11. J And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars if thou be able to number them ; and ha said unto him, So shall thy scud be. — Oen. sv. 5. That oath is unbroken ! that...

...come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. And He brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars if thou be able to number them: and He said unto him, So shall thy seed be." Here the Lord evidently distinguishes between...

...of the Holy Scriptures. A few more instances will be useful: but they shall be briefly mentioned. " Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars ; if thou be able to number them. So shall thy seed be. In multiplying I will multiply thy seed, as the stars of the heaven,...

...of the Holy Scriptures. A few more instances will be useful: but they shall be briefly mentioned. " Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars; if thou be able to number them.——So shall thy seed be. In multiplying I will multiply thy seed, as • Job. Hear....