 Heb. xi. 17, according to that in 2 Cor. viii. 12. Where there is a willing mind, it is accepted according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not : which is true of this church-duty, as well as of that of alms.  Sermons - Sida 91efter Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber - 1822Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | 1820 - 690 sidor
...capacity for discrimination is plead. Hut how run this be an excuse, when the demand of heaven is only according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not. It is as reasonable, that an intellect relatively feeble should be exercised in the study of the bible,... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1828 - 632 sidor
...cannot take away your poverty, but I can ease your spirit; and " God accepts us" (saith the Apostle) "according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not." Only as our desires are great, and our spirits are willing, so we shall find ways to make supply of... | |
 | William Jay - 1828 - 408 sidor
...blessing to the lame : and we know who hath said, " Where there is first a willing mind, it is accepted according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not." The third regards Shame. " We are ashamed to begin !" What ! ashamed of your glory ? Ashamed of following... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1828 - 560 sidor
...can, and desire more, and pursue more,. it ia accepted as if we had done all : for we are accepted " according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath note." Unless we can neither endeavour, nor desire, c Matt. v. 12. 1 Cor. iii. 8. Matt. xvi. 27. 2... | |
 | Ambrose Serle, Thomas Chalmers - 1829 - 316 sidor
...this is encouraging to every one, who hath first a willing mind, that the performance " is accepted according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not;" and, therefore, it may not be improper, according to this rule, and their own measure, r to remind professors... | |
 | Visits - 1829 - 544 sidor
...do not, in point of fact, do any thing right, or as it should be done;—but still the Lord accepts according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not." " I do not know what other persons may find, or how they learn to do according to what is right; but... | |
 | 1829 - 260 sidor
...such a case Go'd will accept the benevolent design, instead of the intended deed : for he accepteth " according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not." But these pages may be read by some iu more affluent circumstances : to all, however, the widow of... | |
 | 1829 - 560 sidor
...assistance, as well as every other kind of service, " If there, be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to what a man hath, and not according to what he halb not." ,2 Cur. viii. 19. ix. 5, 7, &c. So offerings of goat's hair were as acceptable as gold,... | |
 | 1830 - 456 sidor
...blessing to the lame; and we know who hath said, 'Where there is first a willing mind, it is accepted according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not.'* " The third regards Shame. ' We are ashamed to begin!' What! ashamed of your glory? Ashamed of following... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor - 1831 - 428 sidor
...follies are driven thither where they die infallibly. "^.Kninlffi iro\\ols els onfjius biv\\vrai.* £very good man is encircled with many enemies and dangers...he hath not : and even here, although the events of pru* Stobseus, Fleril. tit. iii. p. 17. dence are out of our power, yet the endeavors and the observation,... | |
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