 | John Wesley - Methodism - 1830 - 528 pages
...me power, with the pure unmixed milk of his word. And those who are 'as little children receive it, not as the word of man, but as the word of God. Some grow thereby, and advance apace in peace and holiness : They grieve, it is true, for those who... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1832 - 562 pages
...with the deepest reverence. When St. Paul ministered at Thessalonica, the people "received his word, not as the word of man, but as the word of God : " and for that he specially commends themc. And thus, whether written or preached, it must be received... | |
 | John Howe - 1832 - 548 pages
...Then it is indeed that a truth is entertained with a divine faith, when the thing revealed is received not as the word of man, but as the word of God. This comes from the eternal God, I take it upon the' authority of his word ; and hence it comesto be... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1833 - 598 pages
...and every soul of man attest its truth.] 2. In what manner we should study them — [We should study them not as the word of man, but as the word of God ; we should study them with humble fervent prayer ; we should beg that God would " open our eyes to... | |
 | William M'Gavin - Catholic church - 1833 - 808 pages
...with demonstration of the Spirit, and with divine power ; and those to whom it thus came, received it, not as the word of man, but as the word of God. So it is still the duty of those who preach the gospel, not to prescribe a rule by which men may find... | |
 | Baptists - 1833 - 624 pages
...individual research, and none of its peculiar truths can be really believed, unlessthey be received, " not as the word of man, but as the word of God." Hitherto, in Sunday-schools, it has been common to teach the system of revealed truth by catechisms,... | |
 | Josiah Pratt - 1834 - 432 pages
...sudden fright, or groundless perturbation of the mind. ' Oh ! how the hearts of the hearers seemed to bow under the weight of divine truths ; And how...them, " not as the word of man, but as the word of God ! " B None can frame a just idea of the appearance of onr assembly, at this time, but those who have... | |
 | Josiah Pratt - 1834 - 454 pages
...any sudden fright, or groundless perturbation of the mind. ' Oh! how the hearts of the hearers seemed to bow under the weight of divine truths ; And how..." not as the word of man, but as the word of God!" B None can frame a just idea of the appearance of oar assembly, at this time, but those who have seen... | |
 | Robert Haldane - Bible - 1834 - 526 pages
...consistent with the one, and strikingly illustrative of the other. And it is only when we consider them, not as the word of man, but as " the word of God" that we discover' their beauty and their use. It is God himself who there speaks. He who is the high... | |
 | Charles Watson - 1834 - 352 pages
...an abundant and effectual blessing. Excite attention, dispel prejudice. Let thy word be listened to, not as the word of man, but as the word of God, and be felt by the heart and conscience to be quick and powerful, sharper than a two-edged sword —... | |
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And those who are as little children receive it, not as the word of man, but as the word of God. 
