| John Bird Sumner (abp. of Canterbury.) - 1831 - 722 pages
...Our Lord meets this inquiry by the assurance, repeated by his apostles afterwards : " If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men liberally." (James i. 5.) And as men often doubt the performance of promises, fearing lest they are too good to... | |
| John Davenant, Josiah Allport - Bible - 1831 - 642 pages
...they excelled was an acquired habit ; but in the faithful, saving wisdom is an infused habit. If any lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men liberally, Jas. i. 5. Whence says Clemens, Wisdom cannot be bought with earthly coin ; nor is it sold in the market,... | |
| Education - 1831 - 794 pages
...to him, that he can realize his need of aid and guidance, or attach any value to the command — ' If any man lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth liberally, and upbraideth not.' In this portion of education especially, it is important that action... | |
| Religion - 1853 - 1142 pages
...what they know to be true. They restrain prayer before God, Even when they hear his servant saying, " If any man lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth liberally, and upbraideth not." They obey not, though Christ says, " If any man will do his will, he... | |
| Edward Irving - 1831 - 376 pages
...hath given to us, not only the spirit of power and of love, but also the spirit of a sound mind: and if any man lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth liberally, and upbraidetii not. Now " the wisdom which is from above, is first pure, then peaceable,... | |
| Thomas Shaw Bancroft Reade, Thomas S. B. Reade - 1832 - 436 pages
...our abode with him." Do we feel our need of spiritual wisdom and divine direction ? It is written: " If any man lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men liberally and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him. Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and lean not... | |
| Robert Hall - Baptists - 1832 - 808 pages
...temptations presented in various forms. There is only one grand remedy, if we would walk aright : " If any man lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not ; and it shall be given him." f 3. The way lies through a hostile country, and is,... | |
| William Robinson (Baptist Minister.) - Lay ministry - 1832 - 200 pages
...depraved passions. " For to man that is good in his sight, God giveth wisdom, and knowledge, and joy." " If any man lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not" -Imperceptible it may be, yet real and powerful is the assistance which the Holy... | |
| Robert Hall - Baptists - 1833 - 734 pages
...temptations presented in various forms. There is only one grand remedy, if we would walk aright : " If any man lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not ; and it shall be given him."|i 3. The way lies through a hostile country, and is... | |
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