...best for us : " For this," says the apostle John, " is the confidence which we have in the Son of God, that if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us ; and if we know that he heareth us, we know that we have the petitions we desired of him," 1 John v. 14, 15. This, my brethren,...

...unto you." To which St. John adds this comfortable declaration : " this is " the confidence that we have in him, that if " we ask any thing according to his will, " he hearelh us ; and if we know that " he heareth us, whatsoever we ask, we " know that we have the petitions...

...and that ye may believe on thé name of thé Son of God. 14 And this is thé confidence that we hâve in him, That, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us : 15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we hâve thé pétition* that...

...we •read thus — " This is the confidenee that we have in him, that if we ask any thing aecording to his will he heareth us ; and if we know that he heareth us, whatsoever we ask, .we know that we have the petition that we desired of him.'' When it...

...eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God ; and this is the confidence that we have in Him, That, if we ask any thing according to...we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know we have the petitions that we desired of him." Now it is observable, that, in the same epistle, chap....

...life, and that ye " may believe on the name of the Son of " God. And this is the confidence that " we have in him, that, if we ask any thing " according...his will, he heareth us : and " if we know that he hears us, whatsoever " we ask, we know that we have the peti" tions which we desired of him 3 ." This...

...us whatsoever we stand in need of; for this is the confidence, saith St. John (1 Ep. v. 14), that we have in him, that if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us. Another circumstance that demands particular attention in this exalted title of our heavenly Father...

...they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth f. And this is the confidence that we have in him, that if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth use. Let us lift up our hearts with our hands to God in the heavens. We have transgressed, and have...

...truth of that sentiment, long before it appeared in writing — "And this is the confidence that we have in him, that if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us."f This it was that emboldened the prophet to pray as he did : " Elias was a man subject to like...

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