 | John Evans - 1801 - Počet stránok 404
...pleafed by an upright mind ; that " if there be firft a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not,'* 2 Cor. viii. 12. With a firm perfuafion of their acceptance in it through Chrift, and of the "glorious rewards of grace... | |
 | William Gilpin - 1804 - Počet stránok 466
...on .our way rejoicing* 340 VIII. If there be firft a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. — 2 Corinthians, viii. i2. or. PAUL, in the chapter, from which the text is taken, had been exhorting his... | |
 | Fisher (The Rev. Mr., master of the grammar school in Cockermouth, Eng.) - 1809 - Počet stránok 346
...sso N II. • , ,' Sincerity. " . If there be firft a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. 2 Cor. viii. 12. What• Whatfbever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men. Col. iii. 23. For what... | |
 | Johnson Grant - 1811 - Počet stránok 528
...in truth consistent with the attributes of God, that a man should be accepted according to that he hath, and not according to that he hath not (2 Cor. viii. 12) ; we are authorized to believe that the salvation purchased by Christ was extended to them, as an atonement... | |
 | Francis Atterbury (bp. of Rochester.) - 1820 - Počet stránok 358
...pay, in sure confidence that they will be grateful to that Being, which accepteth according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not, 2 Cor. viii. 12. Thus does external adoration become a point of natural homage, due to the supreme Lord of the world,... | |
 | Johnson Grant - 1820 - Počet stránok 476
...not the law, made a law unto themselves" (Rom. ii. 14); and " a man is accepted according to that he hath, and not according to that he hath not." (2 Cor. viii. 12.) XVIII. Nothing can be too visionary or too absurd for the human mind, when it imps its wings with the... | |
 | William Hey - 1822 - Počet stránok 654
...reasoning upon this maxim. " If there be a willing mind," says he, " it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not." 2 Corinthians viii. 12. There is no man, I believe, who can doubt of the reasonableness of this determination... | |
 | Jared Sparks - 1823 - Počet stránok 404
...given them suitable qualifications. Seeing, as St Paul observes, " God accepteth, according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not." 2 Cor. viii. 12. Now it is evident, from the continual clashings of our most learned divines about these subtilties,... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - Počet stránok 522
...out of that which you have : for if there be first a willing m' ml, jt is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. — 2 Cor. viii. 7—9. I1, 12. He which soweth sparingly, shall reap also sparingly : and he which soweth bountifully,... | |
 | Joseph John Gurney - 1825 - Počet stránok 362
...willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not;" II Cor. viii, 12. The extent of faith required in man,...extent of light communicated. Those to whom the merits and mediation of the Son of God are made known, are undoubtedly required to believe in the merits and... | |
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It is unquestionably true in great as well as in little things, that ' if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not; 
