 | Edmund Gibson - 1813 - 130 pages
...who placed them in that condition, requires. In all such cases the apostle is clear j 2 Cor. viii. 3. If there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according...a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. other pretences Having endeavoured to considered. account of the preparation necessary to the Holy... | |
 | Edward Dorr Griffin - 1813 - 340 pages
...The moral Governour every where disclaims the principle of requiring men to go beyond their power : " If there be first a willing mind it is accepted, according...man hath, and not according to that he hath not."* But is it not said, "No man can come to me except the Father — draw him"? I answer, the Scriptures... | |
 | 1813 - 580 pages
...in his sight, tihrough Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. 2 Cor. viii. IS. For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hatli not. Heb vi. 10. For God is Upt unrighteous, to forget ycur work -ind labour of love, which ye... | |
 | John Howe - 1813 - 536 pages
...God wh» knows the heart sees sincerity sad true devotion in the worshipper ; it will undoubtedly be accepted, according to that a man hath, and not according to that which he hath not. I commend these discourses to the perusal of all serious Christians,, though of... | |
 | William Clayton - 1814 - 420 pages
...conscience or temper of the offerer. Let all give herein as God has prospered them, for if there be a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not ; let him not present his first-fruits grudgingly or as of necessity. In these times, it may be peculiarly... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1875 - 618 pages
...consume the depraved." spered him' (1 Cor. xvi. 2). 'Now, therefore, perform the doing of it. ... 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. 11, 12). Amongst the Scottish... | |
 | Thomas Bisse - 1814 - 148 pages
...small offering on God's altar, at which I have the honour to serve ; and where I know, that if there be a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath. The following is added by the American Editor. THE design of reprinting in America the foregoing work,... | |
 | Samuel Spring - 1815 - 262 pages
...God never exceeds the natural ability of man. Accordingly he says, " Are not my ways equ;il ? And, " If there be first a willing mind it is accepted according...man hath, and not according to that he hath not.-" II. What is moral ability ? As moral ability belongs to the heart of man only, and not to his natural... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - 1815 - 422 pages
...heart only, and forbids the heart only. "My son, says God, give me thine heart." And, says the Apostle, "If there be first a willing mind, it is accepted...man hath, and not according to that he hath not." God requires and accepts a good heart, but forbids and rejects a bad one. The heart comprises all that... | |
 | George Dillwyn - 1815 - 230 pages
...the degree of knowledge received, he may be surpassed by those he judges. " If," said the Apostle, " there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according tog that he hath not." 3 Cor. 8 IS. The temptation to which the professors of Christianity are exposed... | |
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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. 
