| 1819 - 488 sidor
...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 had gathered little, had... | |
| Thomas Brooks - 1820 - 264 sidor
...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 to me a sinner,"... | |
| 1821 - 506 sidor
...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 an understanding capable... | |
| 1821 - 494 sidor
...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 when the hundreds... | |
| Edward John Burrow - 1822 - 594 sidor
...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 of Thyatira, which woi... | |
| 1863 - 1198 sidor
...the advancement of His glory ; 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." " The Lord loveth a cheerful giver." "Of all that Thou shall give," said Jacob, "I will surely give... | |
| William Hey - 1822 - 654 sidor
...his reasoning upon this maxim. " If there be a willing mind," says he, " it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not." 2 Corinthians viii. 12. There is no man, I believe, who can doubt of the reasonableness of this determination... | |
| Robert South - 1823 - 618 sidor
...FOR BAD ACTIONS. " 2 COB. viii. 12. For if there be first a willing mind, it w accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. P. 257. Men are apt to abuse the world and themselves in some general principles of action; and particularly... | |
| Jared Sparks - 1823 - 404 sidor
...not given them suitable qualifications. Seeing, as St Paul observes, " God accepteth, according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not." 2 Cor. viii. 12. Now it is evident, from the continual clashings of our most learned divines about... | |
| Sarah Brealey - 1823 - 408 sidor
...door of mercy may be opened unto us? If there be first a willing mind, it it accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. (o) For every one that asketh receiveth, and he that seeketh findeth, and to him that knocketh it shall... | |
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