Second advent library

_or'ma ssrxrs. 15statc of things could be brought about; itwould be onlya PART of "l/ze' meek."This promiseto the meek seems to me tobe a general promiseto all"the meek.",Did not the dear, meek children of God,who then heard the Savior speak, receivethat promise to themselves, with all theother promises in that chapter? Certainly.Then, if youare correct in your viewsthat only those who lived in that day willinherit the earth, you must see, that theyhave been deceived; for they have beendead neareighteen hundred years. And ifthat promise can be thus taken away fromthem vho heard him,»I ask, whatromisewas there given in that sermon,whicii mightnot, by the samerule,be taken away, andgiven to a people who may live in ages longto come? And what warrant have you,orI, that any promise belongs to us? l hopeyou see the folly of such constructions.Again; the promise to Abraham, "that heshould be heir of the world," was not toAbraham or his seed, through the law, butthough the righteousness oi? faith. I"or.ifthey which are of the law be heirs, faith ismade void, and the promise made of noneeffect. Therefore, it is of faith, that itmightbe by grace; to the end the promise mightbe sure to all the seed; not that only whichis of the law, hut to that also which is oftheIitith of Abraham, who is the father ot' usall. Romans iv. 13-16. You cannothelp