 | Robert Balfour - Sermons, English - 1819 - 228 pages
...A similar decision is given, 2 Cor. viii. 12. where the apostle declares, that, " if there be first a willing mind, it " is accepted according to that a man hath, and " not according to that he hath hot." This too is the plain import of the direction in his first epistle to the Corinthians, chap.... | |
 | Lord's Supper - 1770 - 340 pages
...certain that God well never caftany man into eternal flames, for ftrivingtodohis duty as well ashe can. If there be firft a willing mind, it is accepted according to thata man hath, and not according to thati;. hath not. And confequently, fuch as account^ themfelves... | |
 | Thomas Brooks - 1820 - 264 pages
...thou canst, and thou 105 shah find 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,"... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1821 - 494 pages
...marks the smallest offering cast into his treasury, and in whose word it js 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 wnrk is not done, nor will it soon he finished. It will not he complete •even when the hundreds... | |
 | 1821 - 506 pages
...always correspond with, the measure of 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... | |
 | Christianity - 1821 - 740 pages
...the smallest offering cast into his treasury, and in whose word it is written, " If there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath uot." The work is not done, nor will it soon be finished. It will not be complete even when the hundreds... | |
 | Charles Hodge - Religion - 1994 - 324 pages
...gave, he wished them to give freely, and with duo regard to their resources. 12. For if there be first a willing mind, (it is) accepted according to that...man hath, (and) not according to that he hath not. The connection is evidently with the last words of v. 11. They were to give according to their property,... | |
 | Chappell, Paul - Christian life - 1995 - 332 pages
...willing heart. The offering should come from within the heart of every believer. "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" (II CorinA Christian thians 8:12). In the New Testa, / .//. ment age, Christians are to must be willmg... | |
 | David Daniell - Religion - 1995 - 488 pages
...a readiness to will, even so ye may perform the deed, 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. It is not my mind that others be set at ease, and ye brought into cumbrance: C but that there be egalness... | |
 | American Bible Society - Bible - 1838 - 1038 pages
...the smallest offering cast into his treasury, and in whose word it is written, " 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 work is not done, nor will it soon be finished. It will not be complete even when the hundreds... | |
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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. 
