 | Thomas Halyburton - Salvation - 1801 - 382 pages
...be accepted : and where this is, many imperfections will not hinder acceptance, 2 Cor. viii. it. For if there be a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. But that we may further clear this truth, we (hall, I. Shew what... | |
 | Herman Witsius - Covenant theology - 1803 - 486 pages
...what is not done is forgiven. The Apoftle fpeaks of this 2 Cor. viii. 12. " 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." Thus " we are complete in Chrift," Col. jil 10. his moft perfect... | |
 | Herman Witsius - Covenant theology - 1803 - 476 pages
...what is not done is for-' given. The Apofllc fpeaks of this 2 Cor. viii: 12. " For if Hiere be firft a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not." Thus " we are complete in Chrift," Col. ii. lo. his mod perfect... | |
 | Francis Gastrell - Bible - 1804 - 376 pages
...vvalkethuprightly, walketh furely; but a. double-minded Man is unrtable in all his Ways. 1 If there be firft a willing Mind, it is accepted according to that a Man hath, and not according to that he hath not. 1 Let my Heart, O Lord, be found in thy Statutes, that I be not... | |
 | Congregational churches - 1805 - 538 pages
...Chriftians to contribute to the neceflities of their indigent brethren, fays, " If there be firft a willing mind, it is accepted, according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not." The reafon of the thing is ' precifely the fame reipe&ing every... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 582 pages
...forwardness to do more, and to undertake a large collection for this use. 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. For God measures our alms, according to the mind of tbc giver: if... | |
 | James Morison - Bible - 1810 - 292 pages
...Macedonians, •(2 Cor. viii. 3 ) as having a willingness even beyond their power; «ind he says afterwards, " If there be a willing mind, it is accepted •*' according to that a man hath, and not according .to that he hath " not." The meaning of the riches bestowed in the dedication •of the... | |
 | Joseph Field - God - 1811 - 358 pages
...SERMON X. Man's will the only ground cfpraise er blame. 2 CORINTHIANS, tin. it. Tor if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that be hath not. the following discourse is designed to be in connection with such... | |
 | Thomas Boston - Man (Theology) - 1811 - 476 pages
...their sorrow for the want of will, for the will itself, 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." Their groanings, when they cannot well word their desires, are... | |
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accepted by a just and merciful God, who will judge mankind according to the degrees of 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,... 
