 | Samuel Cradock - Christian life - 1659 - 650 pages
...Temperance, againß fuch there is no Law. tCor.8.12. For if there be fir ft a willing mina, it is accept ea according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. Heb. 6. 10. F or Coa is not unrighteous, to forget your rvork, and labour of love, which ye bavt jherved... | |
 | James Ussher - 1660 - 628 pages
...by our obedience to our utmost power. Here is all the the strictness of the Gospel : "If1 there be a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to what a man hath not." God takes well the desires of our mind. This is then our blessed condition under... | |
 | John Flavel - Presbyterian Church - 1671 - 594 pages
...did it not designedly for his glory, but from the mere overruling of Providence. " If there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, saith the apostle." 2 Cor. 8:12. The eye of God is first and mainly upon the will ; if that be sincere... | |
 | Richard Lucas - Sermons, English - 1699 - 364 pages
...purpofe, if any thing can be fuller, are the words of St. Paul, z Cor. 8. iz, i3,i4, For if there le firft a willing mind, it is accepted according to...a man hath-, and not according to that he hath not : for I mean not that other men le easd and you lurden'd\ lut ly an equality : that now at this time,... | |
 | Francis Gastrell (bp. of Chester) - 1717 - 352 pages
...double-minded Man is unftable in all his Ways. ° If there be firft a willing Mind, it is accepted, accordmg to that a Man hath, and not according to that he hath not. c Let my Heart, O Lord, be found in thy Statutes, that I be not a(hamed : Far the Upright (hall dwell... | |
 | Daniel Whitby - Bible - 1727 - 204 pages
...of which he has not given them fuitable Qualifications. Seeing, as St. Vaul obfcrves, God accepteth, according to that a Man hath, and not according to that he hat knot, z Cor. viii. 12. Now it is evident, from the continual Clafhings of our moft learned Divines... | |
 | Bible - 1737
...bi a performance alfo out of that which you have. i z. For if there be firft a willing mind, it it accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. 13. For Intan not that other Men be cafed, and you burdened: 14. But by an equality, that now at this... | |
 | Whole duty - 1741 - 490 pages
...fecret and obliging manner, that they may receive it with chearfulnefs without confufion and fhame ; it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath pot. In fine, as giving of alms is a real expreffion of our love and gratitude to God, and our Saviour... | |
 | John Milner - Bible - 1746 - 88 pages
...abilities. It is not fo much meafured by the greatnefe of the requital ; as the' integrity of the Heart. For if there be firft a willing Mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he \ Gen. xxxii. 10. m Luke i. 46, 47. be hath not n. We cannot requite God for his numerous Benefits,... | |
 | John Tillotson - Sermons, English - 1748 - 412 pages
...deed. And of this cafe it is, and no other, that the Apoftle fpeaks, 2 Cor. viii. 12. If there he fir/1 a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not ; that is, God interprets and accepts the charity of men, according to the largenefs of their hearts,... | |
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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. 
