...there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have. 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". As it is written, He that had gathereth much, had nothing over ; and he that...

...increase the fund, it brings down a blessing upon himself and family. The apostle says — "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." — If God should chasten us for our sins, what could prevent a similar national...

...according to the ability, is equally applicable to the whole of our duties, of every description. ' 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.' The service can plead no merit, and advance no claims; for even the Psalmist...

...they acted. A similar C decision is given, 2 Cor. viii. 12. where the apostle declares, 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." This too is the plain import of the direction in his first epistle to the Corinthians,...

...all as well as thou canst, and thou 105 shah find acceptance, with- God. , 2 Cor. viii .12. 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. The publican's prayer had not much rhetoric or eloquence in it, " God be merciful...

...ability will always correspond with, the measure of obligation. The scriptures assure us, 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. God requires of men that they should knots him ; and he has endowed them with...

...whose eye marks the smallest offering cast into his treasury, and in whose word it is written, " If there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath uot." The work is not done, nor will it soon be finished. It will not be complete even...

...marks the smallest offering cast into his treasury, and in whose word it is written, ' If there he first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.' The work is not done, nor will it soon he finished. It will not he complete even...

...reference* to the Divine liberality and faithfulness as that word so comforting to the poor? — " If there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not ;" and that other word so spirit-stirring to the rich ? — " He which soweth sparingly...

...nation he that feareth him and wnrheth righteousness is accepted with him. 2 Cor. viii. 12. 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. Acts xvi. 14. And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city...