| Nathanael Emmons - Congregational churches - 1815 - 422 pages
...son, says God, give me thine heart." And, says the Apostle, "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 and accepts a good heart, but forbids and rejects a bad one. The heart comprises all that... | |
| Samuel Spring - Theological anthropology - 1815 - 262 pages
...of man. Accordingly he says, " Are not my ways equal ? And, " If there be first a willing mind it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not." II. What is moral ability ? As moral ability belongs to the heart of man only, and not to his natural... | |
| 1816 - 566 pages
...regulate and direct us in this service, we should remember, 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. — • Jesus watches the treasury, carefully observing how much, and from what motives, men contribute... | |
| Richard Mant (bp. of Down, Connor and Dromore.) - 1816 - 570 pages
...and the fheep of his pafture ;" whofe " fceptre is a fceptre of righteoufnefs ;" and who " accepteth according to that a man hath, ** and not according to that he hath not b ?" Or is it rather the conduct of the ufurper, ** whofe own the fheep are not;" and vrho withholds... | |
| Richard Mant - Sermons, English - 1816 - 572 pages
...and the fheep of his pafture ;" whofe f fceptre is a fceptre of righteoufnefs ;" and who " accepteth according, to that a man hath, ':' and not according to that he hath not fc ?" Or is it rather the conduct of the ufurper, ** whofe own the fheep are not;" and who withholds... | |
| Liberalism (Religion) - 1817 - 404 pages
...virtuc, happiness and glory ? Is it not plainly 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 Г Were you not severally admonished to forhear censorious judging hy this impressive language —... | |
| Nicholas Bownd - 1817 - 158 pages
...For as the Apostle speaketh of aim's (2 Cor. c. 8, v. 12), if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that a man hath not : that is, God looketh not so much to his deed, as to his desire ; as ihe poor widow... | |
| Jacob Catlin - Bible - 1818 - 334 pages
...hear, the preaching of the gospel. Of such it may be said, " If there be first a willing mind, it is accepted, according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not." He who has a benevolent and Christ-like temper of heart, shall inherit eternal life. But whoever neglects... | |
| George Tomline - Bible - 1818 - 608 pages
...opportunities of improvement, which have been respectively afforded them; " If there be a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that a man hath not (e)." And, therefore, though all the actions of all persons, who have not been brought... | |
| William Carus Wilson - Theology - 1822 - 516 pages
...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 judgment ? The heaven... | |
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