| Herman Witsius - 1807 - 360 pages
...of first fruits of his creatures," James i. 18. Paul, of old, asked the Galatians, chap. iii. 2. " This only would I learn of you, received ye the Spirit...the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?" XV. But when that life, infused by the progress, Spirit, through means of the cospel, begins to sometimes... | |
| Hugh Gaston - 1807 - 550 pages
...Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Ame«. Gal. iii. 2. Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith. .iii. 3. Having begun in the Spirit, are ye mads perfect in the flesh ? Ver. 14. That we might receive... | |
| Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 582 pages
...clearly and openly preached unto you, as if ye had seen him hanging upon the cross before you ? III. 2 This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the taw, or by the hearing of faith ? Let me ask you but this question : Ye believe that ye have received... | |
| Stephen Lowry - 1809 - 204 pages
...not the Gospel.f" And elsewhere the apostle, in addressing the Galatian church, demands of them — " This only would I learn of you: Received ye the Spirit...the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?" Gal. 3. 2- Many proofs might be brought of this from the sermons of the apostles; but there is one... | |
| William Romaine - 1809 - 220 pages
...ministration of the Spirit, because by it the Spirit ministers his grace and strength. So Gal. iii. 2. " Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?" It was by hearing faith preached, that they received the Spirit : for faith cometh by hearing, and... | |
| John Pawson - 1809 - 434 pages
...light in his Epistle to the Galatians : *' This only would I learn of you, saith the Apostle, raceived ye the Spirit by the works of the Law, or by the hearing of faith ?" The Galatians had already embraced the gospel, but were now in no small danger of being deceived... | |
| William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 456 pages
...than witchcraft. " O, foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that you should not obey the truth ! This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit...the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh ?" These people... | |
| Samuel Hopkins - 1811 - 536 pages
...the obedience required by the law of works. He sets this in the same light in the following words. " Received ye the spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith ?"f Here he sets the covenant, or law of works, in opposition to the hearing of faith, or the report or... | |
| William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 434 pages
...makes Paul cry out, " O foolish Galatians ! who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth?" "Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith ? Are ye so foolish, having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh ?" Obey the truth,... | |
| William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 444 pages
...Christ. And how comes this new heart? By the regenerating operation of the Spirit. And does God minister the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? By the hearing of faith. And what laws are these that are to be written in their hearts, and put in... | |
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