...lasting covenant, which God hath " confirmed M wjth an oath, that we might have strong conso" lation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold on " the hope set before us.1 " Thus the believer can give a reason for his hope: in general the word of God encourages the...

...the day of affliction. Nah. i. 7. The Lord is a strong hold, in the day of trouble. Ilcb. vi. 18. We have fled for refuge, to lay hold on the hope set before us, ie Christ. HELP. LXIV. God is an helfier to /usficofilt. Deut. xxxiii. 26. God ridcth on the heavens...

...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 on the hope set before us." But all this would be in vain, as to giving strong consolation to the saints, and a hope of future...

...heirs of promise, they furnish strong consolation to them, the moment they have evidence that they have fled for refuge, to lay hold on the hope set before them. The hope they possess, being founded upon such a bottom, is indeed sure and stedfast. It is so...

...endeavoured to shew, that the purpose and promise of God are a source of strong consolation to such as have fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before them. We shall now consider the two last verses, " which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both...

...impossible for God to lie, We might have a strong tonsolation, who have flea for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us : 'which hope we have as an anchor of the toul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the vail ; whither the forerunner...

...themselves peace ; nor will he allow them to conclude that they have found rest to their souls, till they have " fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before them in the Lord Jesus Christ, whose is the only name given under heaven by which any can be saved."...

...they were relieved by the promise of the seed of the woman. Christians are spoken of as those " that have fled for refuge, to lay hold on the hope set before them," Heb. vi. 18, which representation implies great fear and sense of danger, preceding., To the...

...they were relieved by the promise of the seed of the woman. Christians are spoken of as those " that have fled for refuge, to lay hold on the hope set before them," Heb. vi. 18, which representation implies great fear and sense of danger, precedmg. To the lila;...

...apostle, in the 6th chap, to the Hebrews, where having stated the promises of the gospel, he says, ' We have strong .consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before us.* Man as a moral and rational being, is bound to a moral and rational conduct. God has given him a law...