 | 1795 - 316 pages
...eternal flames, for ftriving to do his duty as well as he can. If there be firft a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. And confequent!y, fuch as account themfelves moft unworthy, are thofe very perfons who are deeply fenfible... | |
 | William Enfield - 1798 - 466 pages
...is fecure ; your virtue fhall not go without its reward: for ** where there is a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not," Wheu When a Defire of plcafing becomes a Virtue. ROMANS xv. 2. Let every one of us pleafe his neighbour... | |
 | William Gilpin - 1799 - 494 pages
...confolatiorij let us continually gd ow our way rejoicing* $ VIII. Jf there be firjl a willing mind, it h accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not,—* Corinthians, 8. xii. OT. PAUL, in the chapter, from which the text ^ is taken, had been exhorting his... | |
 | Thomas Halyburton - 1801 - 386 pages
...many imperfedions will not hinder acceptance, 2 Cor. viii. 12. For if there be a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. But that we may further clear this truth, we fhall, I. Shew what it is to ferve the Lord. II. Shew what... | |
 | Thomas Halyburton - 1801 - 382 pages
...many imperfections will not hinder acceptance, 2 Cor. viii. it. For if there be a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. But that we may further clear this truth, we fliall, L Shew what it is to ferve the Lord. IL Shew what... | |
 | John Evans - 1801 - 404 pages
...that he is 4n©ft eafily 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... | |
 | 1802 - 374 pages
...may be a performance also out of that which ye have. 1 2 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. 13 For / mean not that other men be eased, and you burdened ; 14 But by an equality, that now at this... | |
 | Herman Witsius - 1803 - 486 pages
...forgiven. The Apoftle fpeaks of this 2 Cor. viii. 12. " For if there b'e firft a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not." Thus " we are complete in Chrift," Col. ,iil 10. his moll perfect righteoufnefs covering all oitr defects.... | |
 | 1805 - 538 pages
...contribute to the neceffities of their indigent brethren, fays, '' If there be firft a willing mind, it is accepted, according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not." The reafon of the thing is ' precifely the fame refpecting every other duty or command of God. He requires... | |
 | Francis Gastrell - 1804 - 382 pages
...furely ; but a double-minded Man is unftable in all his Ways. 1 If there be firft a willing Mind, it is accepted according to that a Man hath, and not according to that he hath not. * Let my Heart, O Lord, be found in thy Statutes, that I be not afhamed : For the Upright fhall dwell... | |
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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. 
