 | Philip Doddridge - 1804 - 618 pages
...perform ; since Christmay 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... | |
 | 1804 - 476 pages
...there •was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye 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. 13 For / mean not that other men be eased,... | |
 | William Jay - 1805 - 486 pages
...to give, benevolence cannot 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... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 534 pages
...the heart be intent upon serving 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... | |
 | Benjamin Beddome - 1807 - 546 pages
...hath done shall be spoken of as a memorial of her. Hence the apostle tells us, that where there is first a willing mind, it is accepted according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hiith not. It is not so much what our works are, as what our heart is... | |
 | Philip Doddridge, Andrew Kippis - 1807 - 664 pages
...perform ; since Christ may acknowledge the noblest charity 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.) Let us imitate the candour of our blessed... | |
 | Herman Witsius - 1807 - 360 pages
...required, yet much less is 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... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 582 pages
...profess your forwardness to do more, and to undertake a large collection for this use. VIII. 1 2 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. For God measures our alms, according to the... | |
 | 1808 - 168 pages
...in Abraham to sacrifice his son, 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.... | |
 | Johannes van der Kemp - 1810 - 548 pages
...remember that ye have to do with a most gracious Lord, who accepteth of our sincere endeavours ; " For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not," 2 Cor. viii. 1 2. Your God, who hath given you the life of... | |
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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. 
