 | Samuel Cradock - 1659 - 722 pages
...Temperance, againß fuch there is no Law. tCor.8.12. For if there be fir ft a willing mina, it is accept ea according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. Heb. 6. 10. F or Coa is not unrighteous, to forget your rvork, and labour of love, which ye bavt jherved... | |
 | Richard Lucas - 1699 - 364 pages
...fuller, are the words of St. Paul, z Cor. 8. iz, i3,i4, For if there le firft a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath-, and not according to that he hath not : for I mean not that other men le easd and you lurden'd\ lut ly an equality : that now at this time,... | |
 | Francis Gastrell (bp. of Chester) - 1717 - 352 pages
...double-minded Man is unftable in all his Ways. ° If there be firft a willing Mind, it is accepted, accordmg to that a Man hath, and not according to that he hath not. c Let my Heart, O Lord, be found in thy Statutes, that I be not a(hamed : Far the Upright (hall dwell... | |
 | Daniel Whitby - 1727 - 204 pages
...of which he has not given them fuitable Qualifications. Seeing, as St. Vaul obfcrves, God accepteth, according to that a Man hath, and not according to that he hat knot, z Cor. viii. 12. Now it is evident, from the continual Clafhings of our moft learned Divines... | |
 | 1737 - 502 pages
...bi a performance alfo out of that which you have. i z. For if there be firft a willing mind, it it accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. 13. For Intan not that other Men be cafed, and you burdened: 14. But by an equality, that now at this... | |
 | Whole duty - 1741 - 504 pages
...and obliging manner, that they may receive it with chearfulnefs without confufion and fhame ; it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath pot. In fine, as giving of alms is a real expreffion of our love and gratitude to God, and our Saviour... | |
 | John Milner - 1746 - 88 pages
...greatnefe of the requital ; as the' integrity of the Heart. For if there be firft a willing Mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he \ Gen. xxxii. 10. m Luke i. 46, 47. be hath not n. We cannot requite God for his numerous Benefits,... | |
 | John Tillotson - 1748 - 412 pages
...is, and no other, that the Apoftle fpeaks, 2 Cor. viii. 12. If there he fir/1 a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not ; that is, God interprets and accepts the charity of men, according to the largenefs of their hearts,... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1755 - 318 pages
...by true Faith : 2 Cor. viii. i ;s. * If ' there be firft a willing mind, it is accepted ac: cording to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath' not.' Compared with verf. .7. Therefore as ye abound in every thing, in faith, in utterance, and knowledge,... | |
 | Thomas Sherlock - 1764 - 460 pages
...given him : It being true of every moral Action, what St. Paul has affirmed of Almlgiving, It jhall be accepted according to that a Man hath, and not according to that he hath not. Secondly, That immoral Actions admit of no Excufe, but will fubject every Man to the Judgment of God.... | |
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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. 
