 | James Ussher - 1625 - 642 páginas
...peradventure might be taught to sound that letter as well as they : but we believe, that " God' hath made them able ministers of the New Testament, not of the letter, but of the spirit ;" and that the gospel ministered by them " comethb unto us not in word only, but also in power,... | |
 | 310 páginas
...attach no intelligent meaning to what they ask of God. Consider that word to the Corinthians — " God hath made us able ministers of the new testament ;...killeth, but the Spirit giveth life." (2 Cor. iii. 6.) The mere utterance of words is worse than vanity, if these do not express spiritual desires. We... | |
 | William Jones - 1801 - 544 páginas
...together, for the edification of the people. " Our sufficiency (saith the apostle) is " of God, who hath made us able ministers of " the new testament,..." spirit.; for the letter killeth, but the spirit (< giveth life." The letter of the law, voided of its evangelical intention, leaves our bodies washed,... | |
 | 1802 - 374 páginas
...sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves ; but our sufficiency isof God ; 6 Who.also hath made us able ministers of the new testament ;...but of the spirit : for the letter killeth, but the spi7 But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children... | |
 | 1842
...province to use before and after sermon his own conceived form. While vast numbers of clergymen, or 'ministers of the New Testament, not of the letter, but of the Spirit,' habituate themselves to the Collect-mode of addressing their Creator, multitudes fail to believe... | |
 | Charles Crawford (calling himself earl of Crawford.) - 1803 - 192 páginas
...happy is the man whom that inspires, 45 Line 45, &c. St. Paul says, " Our sufficiency is of God, who hath made us able ministers of the New Testament,...the spirit; for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life." There are some excellent observations upon this subject, in that admirable book, " An... | |
 | John Fletcher - 1804 - 444 páginas
...ministry: "Such trust have we through Christ to God-ward : not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves ; but our sufficiency is of God, who also hath made us able wvvnister-s of the new Testament ; not of the letter, but of the spirit ; for the tetter kille4h, but... | |
 | Thomas Vincent - 1806 - 308 páginas
...virtue or power in itself, but by the operation of the Spirit of God in and by the word, 2 Cor. iii. 1. Who also hath made us able ministers of the new Testament, not rif the letter, but of the Spirit : for the lettei killet.'ubut theSpiiit giveth life. Q. 6. How doth... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - 1807 - 550 páginas
...which the Holy Ghost teacheth. v>i. 40. I think also that I have the Spirit of God. 2 Cor, iii. 6. God hath made us able ministers of the New Testament,...the spirit, for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. Ver. 8. Ministration of the Spirit is glorious. vi. 4. Approving ourselves as the ministers... | |
 | James Thomson (minister at Quarrelwood.) - 1808 - 592 páginas
...it. " We are not," says an Apostle, " sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves j but our sufficiency is of God ; who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament," &c. 2 Cor. iii. 5, 6. They are qualified and authorized for their work because Jesus intends to accompany... | |
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Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God; Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. 
