 | Richard Allestree - 1677 - 722 pages
...the mean, then the more eminent fervices of the Mighty; Himfelf having declared , That he accepts, according to what a man hath , and not according to what he hath not , i Cor. 18. iz. So that in what rank foever a man is fet , he has ftill the opportunity of approving... | |
 | Richard Allestree (D.D.) - 1677 - 236 pages
...the mean, then the more eminent fervices of the Mighty 5 Himfelf having-declared, That he accepts, according to what a, man hath, and not according to what he bath not , 2 Cor. 18. 12. So thatin what rank ibever a man is fet, he has ftill the opportunity of... | |
 | 1744 - 448 pages
...forfeit their Right to Salvation ? By no Means. If there be jirft a 'willing Mind ; it is accepted according to what a Man hath, and not according to what he hath not. He who is fincerely defirous to know and perform his Duty, can never fail of Acceptance with God, on... | |
 | Jeremiah Seed - 1747 - 472 pages
...from irreligious and indevout Sinners we commence fincere Votaries of Religion. God, who accepteth according to ,what a Man hath, and not according to ,what he hath not, will not reject the poor weak Efforts of an indigent dependent Being, willing to exprefs, in the beft... | |
 | Richard Cobbe - 1766 - 162 pages
...that if there be firft a willing mind, which all may have, and none can be without, it is accepted according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not ; a willing mind, I fay, for that i& the life and foul of benefactions; it is that which conquers all... | |
 | Philip Doddridge - 1804 - 618 pages
...acknowledge the noblest charily in the smallest gift, as wherever there is a willing mind, it is accepted according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not. ( 2 Cor. viii. 12.) 43 Let usimiuite the candour of our blessed Redeemer, and be ready to be pleased... | |
 | Job Orton - 1805 - 376 pages
...tram. But I hope all my friends are endeavouring to refemble our common Father and Friend, who accepts according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not ; who confiders our frame, and makes gracious allowances for our infirmities. I am I am forry for the... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 534 pages
...God, and the hands diligently employed in his work, and if there be a willing mind, it is accepted according to what^ a man hath, and not according to what he hath not. 4. Solomon, with all his wealth and magnificence, never looked so truly great and glorious, as he did... | |
 | William Jay - 1805 - 486 pages
...appear. God indeed " looketh to the heart," and " where there is " firft a willing mind, it is accepted according to what " a man hath, and not according to what he has not." In forming his eftimate of the fervices of his people, he confiders not only what they do,... | |
 | Herman Witsius - 1807 - 360 pages
...accepted. For it is a known rule in the economy of grace, that if there be a willing mind, it is accepted, according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not, 2 Cor. viii. 12. The things which the Apostle counted loss and dung, Phil. iii. 8. were not, the holy... | |
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Heb. xi. 17, according to that in 2 Cor. viii. 12. Where there is a willing mind, it is accepted according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not : which is true of this church-duty, as well as of that of alms. 
