| Thomas Sherlock - Sermons, English - 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.... | |
| Assembly of divines confess. and catech - 1765 - 626 pages
...through Jefus Chr'ut; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. 2 Cor. viii. 12. For if there be firft a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not accordVII. Works done by unregenerate men, although for the matter of them, they may be things which... | |
| 1765 - 410 pages
...for ftriving to do his Duty as well as he can. If there be firfl a willing Mini, lakh the Apoftle, it is accepted according to that a Man hath, and not according to that l;t hath not, i Cor. viii. 1 2. Neither ought we to think To unworthily of the Son of God, who came... | |
| 1765 - 506 pages
...driving to do his Duty as well as he can. If there be Jir'A a •willing Mind, laith the Apoftle, ./'/ is accepted according to that a Man hath, and not according to t bat be hath not^ 2 Cor. viii. la. Neither ought we to think. lO; unworthily of the Son of God, who... | |
| Thomas Secker - Sermons, English - 1766 - 404 pages
...and of them only, to whom much is given, Jhall much be required^. For if there be fir ft a wifling Mind, it is accepted according to that a Man hath, and not according to that he hath not §. But ftill, as all Men have finned, and come jhbrt of the Glory of God**, and there is but one Name... | |
| John Smalley - Bible - 1769 - 84 pages
...well as in God's account. " If there' be firft a willing " mind," we always fuppofe it ought to be " accepted, •' according to' that a man hath, and not according to *' that he hath not." But the want of a willing mind, or not being a mind to do well, is univerfally cohfidered as a crime,... | |
| John Tillotson (abp. of Canterbury.) - 1772 - 410 pages
...therg. l:e firft a wiHing mind, it is acrel.tea according to that a. man hath, and net according 10 that he hath not ; that is, God interprets and accepts the charity of men, ac« cording to the largenefs of th.eir hearts, and. not according to the Itraitnels of their fortunes.... | |
| Assembly of divines confess. and catech, Church of Scotland - Church of Scotland - 1773 - 570 pages
...through Jefas whom be glory for ever thrift and to ever. Amen. 2 Cor. viii. 12. For if there be firft a willing mind it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. Heb. vi. i o. For God is not unrighteous, to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have ihewed... | |
| Thomas Boston - 1773 - 630 pages
...and lufts the crofs, Gal. v. 24. And thus God judges of them, 2 Cor. viii. i2. Far if there be Jlrft a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. 3. Ye are carried out of yourfclves into Jefus Chrift, Matth. xvi. 24. To a natural man his fweet felf... | |
| Francis Atterbury - Sermons, English - 1774 - 340 pages
...it is true, in this fenfe alfo, what the apoftle affirms, 2 Cor. yiii. 1 2. 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 According to that a man hath," 1-."«, a fincere intenfion of doing good ; " and not according to that... | |
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