 | Edmund Gibson - Lord's Supper - 1813 - 130 pages
...who placed them in 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... | |
 | Edward Dorr Griffin - Congregational churches - 1813 - 340 pages
...The moral Governour 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,... | |
 | Presbyterianism - 1813 - 580 pages
...tight, fhrough Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. 2 Cor. viii. 12. For if ihere be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hatli not. Hcb vi. 10. For God is iy>t unrighteous, to fotget your work Vnd labour of love, which... | |
 | John Howe - 1813 - 536 pages
...God wh» knows the heart sees sincerity sad true devotion in the worshipper ; it will undoubtedly be accepted, according to that a man hath, and not according to that which he hath not. I commend these discourses to the perusal of all serious Christians,, though of... | |
 | William Clayton - Sermons, English - 1814 - 420 pages
...conscience or temper of the offerer. Let all give herein as God has prospered them, for if there be a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not ; let him not present his first-fruits grudgingly or as of necessity. In these times, it... | |
 | Samuel Spring - Theological anthropology - 1815 - 262 pages
...God never exceeds the natural ability of man. Accordingly he says, " Are not my ways equ;il ? And, " 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. What is moral ability ? As moral ability belongs to the heart of man only, and not... | |
 | George Pretyman - Apologetics - 1815 - 588 pages
...instruction, and opportunities of improvement, which have been respectively afforded them; " If there be a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a...man hath, and not according to that a man hath not (e)." And, therefore, though all the actions of all persons, who have not been brought to the knowledge... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - Congregational churches - 1815 - 422 pages
...heart only, and forbids the heart only. "My son, says God, give me thine heart." And, says the Apostle, "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 and accepts a good heart, but forbids and rejects a bad one. The heart comprises... | |
 | Samuel Spring - Theological anthropology - 1815 - 262 pages
...natural ability of man. Accordingly he says, " Are not my ways equal ? And, " If there be first a wilHng mind it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not." II. What is moral ability? As moral ability belongs to the heart of man only, and not... | |
 | 1816 - 566 pages
...cause, both at home and abroad. To regulate and direct us in this service, we should remember, 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. — • Jesus watches the treasury, carefully observing how much, and from what motives,... | |
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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. 
