| Samuel Cradock - Christian life - 1659 - 722 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... | |
| 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 - 576 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 - 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 that 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... | |
| 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 - 502 pages
...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... | |
| Whole duty - 1741 - 504 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... | |
| 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... | |
| Francis Fox - 1748 - 598 pages
...there was a readinefs to will, Ib there n*y be a performance alfo out of that which you have. 1 2. For '" if there be firft a willing mind, it is accepted according L 4 to 4- tRom. 15. 26. fi Cor. the Lord ; and that which he hath in1' t 2 ^or" 9' *' ^ee on g'w, will... | |
| Thomas Halyburton - 1751 - 552 pages
...can be accepted ; an<l where this is, many imperfections will not hindej acceptance, 2 Cor. viii. 12. For if there be firft a willing mind, it is accepted according to that 3 man hath, and not according to that he hath not. But, that we may further clear this truth, we ftull,... | |
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