 | 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... | |
 | Thomas Gouge - 1706 - 682 pages
...God hath more refpeft to this manner of Gifer, than to the greatnefsoftheGifti For if 'there be firft a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not, Chap. 8. 12. 4. A free manner of giving, makes the gift the more acceptable to him that... | |
 | George Hickes - 1726 - 440 pages
...WHAT willingnefs of mind is accepted by God. 2 COR. viii. 12. For if there be firft a willing m'md, tt is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. Page i SERMON II. Confirmation of divine original. HEBREWS vi. 2. — And of laying on... | |
 | 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... | |
 | John Milner - Bible - 1746 - 88 pages
...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... | |
 | Thomas Sherlock - Sermons, English - 1764 - 460 pages
...given him: It being true of every moral Action, what St. Paul has affirmed of Almlgiving, // Jhall 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 fubjecl: every Man to the... | |
 | 1765 - 410 pages
...for ftriving to do his Duty as well as he can. If there be firfl a willing Mini, lakh the Apoftle, it is accepted according to that a Man hath, and not according to that l;t hath not, i Cor. viii. 1 2. Neither ought we to think To unworthily of the Son of God, who came... | |
 | Thomas Secker - Sermons, English - 1766 - 404 pages
...and of them only, to whom much is given, Jhall much be required^. For if there be fir ft a wifling Mind, it is accepted according to that a Man hath, and not according to that he hath not §. But ftill, as all Men have finned, and come jhbrt of the Glory of God**, and there... | |
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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. 
