...language, which it was never intended should convey any other meaning than the literal. It is written, " No man can come unto me, except the Father, which hath sent me, draw him." When it is considered, who were our Lord's audience, what was the main subject of discourse,...

...hearts, crying, Abba, Father;" Gal.iv. 6. "The Spirit, by which we cry, Abba, Father;" Rom. vi. 15. "No man can come unto me, except the Father which hath sent me, draw him ;" John, vi. 44. The doctrine of * Mark, xiii. 1 1 ; Acti, xx. 23 ; Rom. viii. 15, 16;...

...new heart, and a new spirit, for why will ye die? ' In one sentence the Saviour himself proclaims, ' No man can come unto me except the Father, which hath sent me, draw him :' in another he complains, ' Ye will not come to me that ye might have life.' One of...

...may have everlasting life ; and I will raise him up at the last day.' ' Murmur not among yourselves. No man can come unto me, except the Father, which hath sent me, draw him. It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all TAUGHT OP GOD0. Every man, therefore,...

...implore the aid and assistance of Almighty God, and depend upon him for it ; for Christ himself saith, No man can come unto me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him. But we can never expect that he should draw us, unless we desire it of him ; and therefore...

...thongh influenced by the purest and most sublime precepts, yet find the truth of our Saviour's words, ' No man can come unto me except the Father which hath sent me draw him *.' ' As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine, no more can...

...is the prerogative of the Father to elect those whom he will give to Christ: for thus said our Lord, No man can come unto me except the Father which hath sent me, draw him; and in his last prayer, recorded in St. John, he speaks of his people as given to him...

...that of all which he hath given me, I should lose nothing: but should raise it up at the last day. No man can come unto me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him ; and I will raise him up at the last day. Is. 53. 10, 11. John 6. 35, 37, 39, 44. || and...

...to their moral impotency, which flowed from their moral depravity, and therefore he said unto them, "No man can come unto me except the Father which hath sent me draw him." But at the same time, he informed them, in the words of the text, that God could make...

...by Him, seeing that He ever liveth to make intercession for usc." So that, although Christ said, " No man can come unto me except the Father, which hath sent me, draw himA;" and St. Paul says, " No man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost";"...