| William Gilpin - 1822 - 478 páginas
...ffiniffMh of tlift nil- 'vft liffnthe ; Of « • < I . ' - .1 . I VIII. If there be Jirst a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.—Q Corinthians, riii. 12. oT. PAUL, in the chapter, from which the text is taken, had been exhorting... | |
| 1850 - 698 páginas
...time, "offered freely, and after their ability." A gift presented with a mind thus willing and ready, " is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not." "Every man," then, " according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give ; not grtvlyingly or of... | |
| 1845 - 694 páginas
...his mat-side when he expired, and are not without hope of his being accepted of Him, who " accepleth according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not." We buried him to-day. 29th — This day a poor man died who for some months past was a member of the... | |
| 1822 - 792 páginas
...God and worketh righteousness is accepted with him ,' and that, ' if there be a willing mind it i» accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that lie hath not.'" — W.93, It is also true, that nothing but obstinate and wilful transgression, can... | |
| Robert South - 1823 - 618 páginas
...CHRIST-CHURCH, OXON, BEFORE THE UNIVERSITY, MAY 3, 1685. 2 COR. viii. 12. Far if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. JN dealing with men's consciences, for the taking them off from sin, I know nothing of so direct and... | |
| John Locke - 1823 - 462 páginas
...there may be a performance also, out of that which you have. 12 For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. PARAPHRASE. 10 poverty, might become rich. I give you my opinion in the case, because it becomes you... | |
| Sarah Brealey - 1823 - 408 páginas
...moment, to knock, that the door of mercy may be opened unto us? If there be first a willing mind, it it accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. (o) For every one that asketh receiveth, and he that seeketh findeth, and to him that knocketh it shall... | |
| Jared Sparks - 1823 - 404 páginas
...which he has not given them suitable qualifications. Seeing, as St Paul observes, " God accepteth, according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not." 2 Cor. viii. 12. Now it is evident, from the continual clashings of our most learned divines about... | |
| Joseph Charles Philpot - 1978 - 168 páginas
...that both reception and gift should be in so scant a measure. "But if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not." Measured by this willingness, and not by the amount of the gift, would we lay our contribution at the... | |
| Witner Ralph - 1979 - 252 páginas
...Reformed Church at New York, and having heard my remarks on the text, " If there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath and not according to that he hath not," came to me at the end of the service and presented me with this magnificent marquise ring, set with... | |
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