| John Gill - 1810 - 626 pages
...necessary to a man's enjoy. ment of eternal happiness ; except a man is born again, he i annot see the kingdom of God; and without holiness no man shall see the Lord, John iii. 3. Heb. xii. 14. but what occasion would there have been for man's being born again,... | |
| Asa Burton - 1824 - 424 pages
...happy. Benevolence only delights in benevolence, in the service and praise of God. Except a man be horn again, he cannot see, that is enjoy, the kingdom of...utility, excellency and beauty. It exceeds diamonds, ru- ' bies, yea all the riches and most precious things the world affords. Its value is equal to a... | |
| 1822 - 688 pages
...motive*, and our external conduct. •• Except a man be born again,' it is written, •• he cannot see the kingdom of God," and without holiness •• no man shall see the Lord." Qualified, however, in our faculties, to know and serve God ; with the volume of inspiration... | |
| Thomas Laidman Hodgson - 1836 - 260 pages
...the word of truth, ' Except ye repent ye shall perish,' ' Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God ;' and, ' Without holiness no man shall see the Lord.' Permit me to ask my honoured parent if he has experienced this great change, — this passing... | |
| Nathanael Emmons - 1842 - 618 pages
...everlasting enjoyment of God. It is as true now as it ever was, " Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God ; " and, " Without holiness, no man shall see the Lord." Holiness, and nothing but holiness, hates sin as sin, or on account of its intrinsic moral evil.... | |
| Nathanael Emmons - 1842 - 620 pages
...everlasting enjoyment of God. It is as true now as it ever was, " Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God ; " and, " Without holiness, no man shall see the Lord." Holiness, and nothing but holiness, hates sin as sin, or on account of its intrinsic moral evil.... | |
| Simon Clough - 1843 - 574 pages
...enter into the kingdom of heaven. They positively declare, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God ; and without holiness no man shall see the Lord. They assert, Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to the flesh,... | |
| Thomas Boston - 1849 - 554 pages
...practice of it are absolutely necessary to your happiness. " For except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God ;" " and without holiness, no man shall see the Lord." Trifle no longer, then, with .this great and important concern. Give yourselves with earnestness,... | |
| 1860 - 1002 pages
...our motives, and our external conduct. " Except a man be born again," it is written, " he can not see the kingdom of God," and without holiness " no man shall see the Lord." Qualified, however, in our faculties, to know and serve God ; with the volume of inspiration... | |
| Richard Rymer - 1861 - 354 pages
...art; and as a sick man cannot feed upon the most costly viands ; so " the unrighteous cannot inherit the kingdom of God ;" " and without holiness no man shall see the Lord." The principle is founded not in the arbitrary will and pleasure of God, but in the eternal reason and fitness... | |
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