 | 1825 - 594 pages
...establish the confidence of our hope!" Then compare each of these with the ninth verse of 1 John v. " If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater," and we shall perceive in all of these a most evident allusion to the three heavenly witnesses in our... | |
 | Church of England - 1825 - 432 pages
...that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood : and these three agree in one. If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater : for tiiis is the witness of God, 89 which he hath testified of his Son. He that believeth on l In:... | |
 | Thomas Secker - 1825 - 394 pages
...lives, depend ; as, indeed, without doing so, the affairs of the world could not be carried on. Now, H if we receive the Witness of men, the witness " of God is greater."5 And since we are able to convey the knowledge of our thoughts and our wills to each other,... | |
 | 1826 - 160 pages
...said, " Why seek ye the living among the dead ? he is not here, but is risen," (John xx. 12.) And " if we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater," (1 John v. 9.) who attested this resurrection : not only because there was no other power but that of God, which could... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1826 - 624 pages
...three that bear record on earth} the Spirit, the water, and the blood ; and the three agree in one. If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater. See now again, how the preacher of truth calls the Spirit by nature God, and of God j for having said... | |
 | John Pridham - 1826 - 376 pages
...criminal fear and suspicion and distrust of Him who hath given you so much cause to honour his fidelity. " If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater. He that believeth not God, hath made Him a liarV 5. Besides, is it not desirable, in the day of trouble... | |
 | John Goodge Foyster - 1826 - 460 pages
...context. The apostle had been just using the word " witness" in this very sense. " If," he says, " we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater." That is ; " if we regard human testimony, delivered upon oath, as conclusive and satisfactory, in concerns... | |
 | Bernard Whitman - 1827 - 214 pages
...Son of God. These three, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, are all one in their testimony. "If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater ; for this is the witness of God, which he hath testified of his Son." This is the record that God... | |
 | Thomas Secker (abp. of Canterbury.) - 1827 - 256 pages
...we act upon such testimony in matters, On which our fortunes, our healths, our lives depend : Now, " if we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater:" and since we are able to convey the knowledge of our thoughts to each other, no question but God is... | |
 | Edwin Ferriss - 1827 - 210 pages
...promises of God, when made under the holy solemnity of the most confirming oath ever yet heard of. "For if we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater." So that the covenant of promise beine; so well altered and confirmed, it cannot be disannuled by any... | |
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If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God, which he hath testified of his Son. 
