| Henry Melvill - 1833 - 402 pages
...be laborious in striving. I read St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, and I find the apostle saying, " so then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy." What then ? Must I, on this account, run not, but sit still, expecting the approaches of mercy ? Away... | |
| Charles Simeon - 1833 - 596 pages
...text: " God hath mercy on whom he will have mercy, and hath compassion on whom he will have compassion. So, then, it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercyf."] This being, for the most part, an unpalatable truth, I will not leave it till I have established... | |
| 1834 - 406 pages
...will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. 16 So then, it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. 1 7 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I... | |
| William Allen - 1834 - 552 pages
...and came to be a true penitent ; a remarkable evidence of the truth of that saying of the apostle, " So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy." Among these, who contrary to their intent entered into communion with the Quakers, so called, may be... | |
| Willem Sewel - 1834 - 528 pages
...and came to be a true penitent ; a remarkable evidence of the truth of that saying of the apostle, " So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy." Among these, who contrary to their intent entered into communion with the Quakers, so called, may be... | |
| John Goodwin - 1835 - 568 pages
...will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. 16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. Verse 15. For he saith to Moses, I will, fyc. — As if he should have said, My doctrine of justification,... | |
| Samuel Eyles Pierce - 1835 - 606 pages
...an everlasting salvation ; which he bestows upon them, as the free gift of royal sovereign grace. " So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy." Others are not satisfied with, nor will they yield up their minds unto, nor receive, the doctrine of... | |
| 1836 - 484 pages
...to him on " whom I have mercy ; and I " will shew compassion, to him " on whom I have compassion:" 16 so, then, it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy: 17 whereas, the scripture saith to Pharaoh, " For this very Exod. u. is. " purpose I have raised thee... | |
| 1836 - 486 pages
...to him on " whom I have mercy ; and I " will shew compassion, to him " on whom I have com passion:" 16 so, then, it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy : 17 whereas, the scripture saith to Pharaoh, " For this very EKXL ix. is. " purpose I have raised... | |
| William Cowper - 1837 - 380 pages
...they murmured at the report of the Spies. See Numbers xiv. 13. LINE 174. Yet not of will in him. " So then, it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy." Romans ix. 16. LINE 183. Some I have chosen of peculiar grace, Sfc. It is not very easy to see how... | |
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