 | Thomas Boston - 1812 - 520 pages
...trespasses and sins, and such cannot difference themselves. 2. Positively. We may say in this case, ' Not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord.' It is the Spirit of the Lord, accompanying the call of the word, that makes it effectual, John vi.... | |
 | 1838 - 716 pages
...shall be employed to spread the kingdom of the Messiah ; for it shall be founded and established, " not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord of hosts." Chap. iv. t>. Luke ii. 14. " Peace, good-will toward men." — Men are in a state of hostility with... | |
 | Alexander Proudfit - 1813 - 414 pages
...reflection, my conscience bears me witness, that I would most willingly employ it : .But it is neither "by might, nor by power, but by the spirit of the Lord of hosts," and to Ids sovereign blessmg I Ilot-vVfcossro^vl.j^i. — In order to impress this truth upon your... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1813 - 638 pages
...parents while wrestling with God for their salvation, are a standing testimony, that the work must be done, not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of God. Even children, to be alive unto God, must be born again ; not of blood, nor of the will of the... | |
 | 1813 - 500 pages
...before the name of Christ is pienched through the eartli.— This will be to shew that it is, " not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord," that his kingdom is built up in the earth' It will be to shew that the wisdom of man is not like his... | |
 | 1854 - 834 pages
...extent in an atmosphere of prayer. The conviction extensively prevailed among us that it was " not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord," that the work must be done. To Him, therefore, who alone can give the increase, our waiting eyes and... | |
 | American Baptist Foreign Mission Society - 1814 - 500 pages
...now. The universal, moral change, like the erection of the second temple, shall be effected, " not by might nor by power," but by the spirit of the Lord. The promise is recorded, " I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground... | |
 | Alexander Proudfit - 1815 - 408 pages
...reflection, my conscience bears me witness, that I would most willingly employ it : but it is neither "by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord of hosts;" and to his sovereign blessing I now commend you.— In order to impress this truth upon your minds,... | |
 | Samuel Clapham - 1815 - 708 pages
...acknowlege the hand of God himself in the weakness of His instru-* ments; and the work accomplished, not by '* might, " nor by power, but by the. Spirit of the Lord." For had not " the arm of the Lord" been undeniably " revealed," who, do we think, co.jld have ** believed... | |
 | 1816 - 926 pages
...themselves — by a deep sense of weakness — by a conviction that their safety is to be secured, not by "might nor by power," but by the " Spirit" of " the Lord." Let us remember, that when in Scripture we are encouraged to be strong, it is to " be strong in the... | |
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... but by the Spirit of the Lord of hosts, that the world is to be overcome, and the kingdom of righteousness and peace established. 
