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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. "
Sermons and Discourses on Several Subjects and Occasions - Page 154
by Francis Atterbury - 1774
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Sermons, on Doctrinal and Experimental Subjects

Seth Williston - Presbyterian Church - 1812 - 252 pages
...for they are " wise to do evil." It is to do good that they have no knowledge. " If there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not." This passage implies, that the willing mind is required, whether we possess it or not ; and that it...
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An Illustration of the Doctrines of the Christian Religion, with ..., Volume 2

Thomas Boston - Theology, Doctrinal - 1812 - 520 pages
...lusts the cross, Gal. v. 24. And thus God judges of them, 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.' 8. Ye are carried out of yourselves into Jesus Christ, Matth. xvi. 24. To a natural man his sweet self...
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The Christian Institutes;: Or, The Sincere Word of God. Being a Plain and ...

Francis Gastrell - Bible - 1812 - 378 pages
...uprightly, walketh surely; tut a. double-minded man is unstable in all his ways. (a) If there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. (a) Let my heart, O Lord, be sound in thj statutes, that I be not ashamed: For the upright shall dwell...
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Human Nature in Its Four-fold State: Of Primitive Integrity, Subsisting in ...

Thomas Boston - Man (Theology) - 1812 - 508 pages
...their sorrow for the want of will, for the will itself, 2 Cor. viii. 12. " For if there be a first willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not." Their groanings, when they cannot well word their desires, are heard in heaven ; the meaning of those...
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Discourses Preached at the Temple Church, and on Several Occasions ..., Volume 1

Thomas Sherlock - Sermons, English - 1812 - 520 pages
...given him : it being true of every moral acftion, what St. Paul has affirmed of almfgiving, ItJhall be accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. Secondly, That immoral actions admit of no excufe, but will fubject every man to the judgment of God....
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Discourses preached at the Temple church, and on several occasions. To which ...

Thomas Sherlock (bp. of London.) - 1812 - 506 pages
...given him : it being true of every moral action, what St. Paul has affirmed of almfgiving, Itjhall be accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. Secondly, That immoral adtions admit of no excufe, but will fubjedl every man to the judgment of God....
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An Appeal to the Gospel, Or, An Inquiry Into the Justice of the Charge ...

Richard Mant - Apologetics - 1812 - 572 pages
...and the fheep of his patiure ;" whofe " fceptre is a fceptre of righteoufhefs ;" and who " accepteth according to that a man hath, " and not according to that he hath noth?" Or is it rather the conduct of the ufurper, " whofe own the fheep are not;" and who withholds...
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The Evangelical Magazine, Volume 13

Missions - 1805 - 672 pages
...shouldesl have it ; had I less, thou wouldest not despise it, who " acceptest the gift according'to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. ",,Yea, Lord, what have I but two mites,— a soul and a body! Mere mites! yea, not so much to thine...
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The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper Explained: Or the Things to be Known and ...

Edmund Gibson - Lord's Supper - 1813 - 130 pages
...that condition, requires. In all such cases the apostle is clear j 2 Cor. viii. 3. If there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. other pretences Having endeavoured to considered. account of the preparation necessary to the Holy...
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A Series of Lectures Delivered in Park Street Church, Boston, on Sabbath ...

Edward Dorr Griffin - Congregational churches - 1813 - 416 pages
...every where disclaims the principle of requiring men to go beyond their power : " If there be first a willing mind it is accepted, according to that a...man hath, and not according to that he hath not."* But is it not said, " No man can come to me except the Father — draw him"? I answer, the Scriptures...
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