 | Maria Stevens - 1832 - 234 pages
...how graciously he has caused it to be written, " If there be first a willing mind, God accepteth it, according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not," 2 Cor. viii. 12. This scripture, which applies to the use of our worldly substance for his glory, will... | |
 | William Burkitt - 1832 - 780 pages
...largeness and liberality of the gift : Iflkere kc a villing mind, says the apostle, 2 Cor. viii. 12. 2 2 vhat he hath not. 3. That a person ought sometimes to give what he cannot very well spare himself;... | |
 | 1832 - 902 pages
...limitation in ihe >•? I turcs, except only in regard to the amount. "If there be fir^ia willing miiuU I is accepted, according to what a man hath, and not according to w liât he tullí I not." But it is not enough to give now and then, in a paroxysm of passion; jm I... | |
 | Francis Bragge - 1833 - 334 pages
...mind, (as the apostle says in the case of charity, and which is equally true as to all other duties,) it is accepted according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not?. Let no man therefore despair of God's mercy, though it is the eleventh hour, the latter end of his... | |
 | John Fletcher - 1833 - 602 pages
...numc," bestow it as freely as he did his blood ; remembering, " Rod loves a cheerful giver, and that it is accepted according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not." i, ..!,•!, a- . spoiled thy perfect work, and exposed ourselves to the destruction which awaits yonder... | |
 | George Burder, Joseph Hughes - 1833 - 1134 pages
...gain us not such a reputation among men, yet they shall not fail of acceptance with God, who requires according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not, 2 Cor. 8. 12. Two mites from a pauprr were more pleasing than so many talents from a Dives. God has... | |
 | Noah Worcester - 1833 - 344 pages
...proper subjects of moral precepts. They of course are excused on the principle that the requirement is " according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not." Let it then be supposed that such is the state of every impenitent sinner, that special influences... | |
 | Henry Jones Ripley - 1833 - 168 pages
...must, at all events, be performed. True spirituality will rest in the conclusion, that if there be a willing mind, it is accepted according to what a man hath; and that he does well, that it is in his heart to render obedience. Yet let circumstances change, let obstacles... | |
 | William Jay - 1833 - 722 pages
...imperfections in manner will be overlooked in the motive ; and if the deed be hindered, it will be accepted according to what a man hath, and not according to what he nath not. Yet there is much truth in the proverb, Where there is a will there is a way. Nothing often... | |
 | Richard Cattermole - 1834 - 380 pages
...exuberant and evident in outward actions; for God accepts the will for the deed. ' If there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to what a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.' 4. Love is the perfection of the law, the sum and substance of every precept. All... | |
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Abraham to sacrifice his son, (Heb. xi. 17,) according to that in 2 Cor. viii. 12: "Where there is a willing mind, it is accepted according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not:" which is true of this church duty, as well as of that... 
