...Let them remember the words of the great apostle : " Who maketh thee to differ from another ? What hast thou that thou didst not receive ? Now, if thou...dost thou glory as if thou hadst not received it?" Let^them remember, " there are diversities of gifts, but the same spirit:" — let them cultivate humility...

...there for pride ? For glorying in ourselves, or in man ? The apostle therefore maketh this demand, Now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory as if thou hadst not received it ? If we consider that we have not only received all, but that we have misimproved and abused all which...

...says (1 Cor. 4. v. 7.) God may say to any man: What, hast thou, that tlwu hast, not received ? and if . thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it ? Consequently, not to make that disposition of our wealth which the giver of it intended that we should,...

...of you be putted up for one against another. 7 For who maketh thee to differ/row another ? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now, if thou...why dost thou glory as if thou hadst not received it ? 8 Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us; and I would to God ye did...

...again ? For of him, and through him, and to him are all things ; to whom be glory for ever — What hast thou that thou didst not receive ? now if thou...dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it ?' Instead, therefore, of attempting to claim the blessedness of heaven on the ground of personal worthiness,...

...capacities, is from God ; so that here the interrogation of the apostle is eminently applicable ; What hast thou that thou didst not receive ? now, if thou...dost thou glory as if thou hadst not received it. Another consideration to show the absurdity of the temper here spoken of, and which was urged by our...

...apostle's argument and testimony, What hast thou that them hast not received? and if thou hast received it, why dost thou glory as if thou hadst not received it? My mind had been puffed up with worldly books, worldly wisdom, and worldly knowledge; but after that...

...should'st manifest thyself to us, as thou dost not unto the world! Who maketh thee to differ? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? Now, if thou...dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?"* That there is a difference between believers and unbelievers, all will allow; but if the question be...

...that giveth you power," Deut. viii. IT, 13. " For who maketh thee to differ from another ? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive ? now if thou...dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it I" 1 Cor. iv. 7. " I have laboured more abundantly than they all i yet not I, but the grace P U' 82...

...of any merit in himself, as the procuring cause of them. u For who maketh thee to differ ; and what hast thou, that thou didst not receive? Now if thou...dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?" It is injurious to the possessor, as it renders him always uneasy, lest he should not be treated according...