...unions, and her present attitude, but will have an undoubted proof of the fulfilment of the promise, " ask and ye shall have, seek and ye shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you." The goodness the Lord has manifested may assure us, that did we take...

...your heavenly Father give his Holy Spirit to them that ask him.?" But observe, we must ask him ; — " ask and ye shall have, seek and ye shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you." The omniscient God, who knoweth all our wants and infirmities much better...

...spiritual regcnera!.:"j, Receive him, O Lord, as tliou hast promised by thy well-beloved Son, saying, if he do offend, with a high hand; in the face, that is, and it shall be opened unto you. So give now unto us that ask; let us that'serk, find; open the gate unto...

...sought for God's help in truth which did not find it, that never yet was that gracious promise broken, ' Ask and ye shall have, seek and ye shall find, knock and it shall be opened to you ;' that there never yet was a heart sensible of its own barrenness, on which...

...Grace is the seed of glory — grace is the first thing. The Lord will give grace and then glory , Ask and ye shall have, seek and ye shall find, knock and it shall opened unto you. All this shews the earnestness and perseverance with which you should pray....

...expressly promised by God himself — [Exceeding strong is that declaration of our blessed Lord; " Ask, and ye shall have ; seek, and ye shall find ; knock, and it shall be opened unto you : for every one that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; and...

...spiritual regeneration. Receive him, O Lord, as thou hast promised by thy well-beloved Son, saying, Ask, and ye shall have; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you : So give now unto us that ask; let us that seek find; open the gate unto...

...heavier condemnation, when the Saviour himself will be a Judge, and when He, who now says to all, " ask and ye shall have, seek and ye shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you," will reply to multitudes, (who in an agony will knock and cry, " Lord,...

...his promises be, " he will be inquired of by us," before he will perform them.^ The promise runs, " Ask, and ye shall have; seek, and ye shall find ; knock, and it shall be opened unto you."** Let us then, in dependence on this promise, entreat of God to give...

...and the resurrection of the dead, receive us, as thou hast promised by thy well-beloved Son, saying, Ask, and ye shall have; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. So give now unto us that ask; let us that seek, find; open the gate unto...