 | Wesleyan Methodists services - 1817 - 278 pages
...our. Lord. Amen. The Epistle. 2 Cor. iii. 4. SUCH trust have we through Christ to Godward; not thnt we are sufficient of ourselves- to think any thing as of ourselves, but our sufficiency is of God, who also hath made us able ministers of the New Testament, not of the letter, but of the Spirit... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1817 - 510 pages
...part of our Christian wisdom, to keep our subordination to God, and dependence on him. " We are not sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves, but our sufficiency is of God." " Without me," says Christ, "ye can do nothing." — It is next supposed, that they who seek... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1817 - 590 pages
...affairs that I have sufficient natural faculties for, unless God should smile upon my attempt. "Not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to think any thing, as of ourselves," I saw was a sacred truth. Friday, Oct. 26. In the morning, my soul was melted with a sense of divine... | |
 | Seth Williston - 1817 - 276 pages
...necessary to his acting at all : for there is no independent action in a dependent creature. " Not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to think any thing as of ourselves i but our sufficiency is of God." 2 Cor. iii. 5. 2dly. This was necessary to insure his acting in this... | |
 | George Tomline - 1818 - 608 pages
...(g)" — " It is God that worketh in you, both to-will and to do of his good pleasure (h)" —" Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves, but our sufficiency is of God (i)" — " We do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit helpeth our infirmities... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - 1818 - 530 pages
...with the Spirit of the living God ; not in tab!?* of stone, but in fleshly tables of the heart. Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves ; but our sufficiency is of God ; Who also hath made us able ministers of the New Testament ; not of the letter, but of the... | |
 | Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet - 1818 - 296 pages
...feel this his ignorance, and weakness, and guilt, and to exclaim with the humble Apostle, " We are not sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves, but our sufficiency is of God," how earnestly would he ask for, and how gratefully and devoutly would he cherish, that spirit... | |
 | 1818 - 424 pages
...Son our Lord. Änifn. The Epistle. 2 Cor. iii. 4. SUCH trust have we through Christ to God-ward : Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves ; butoursufficiencyisofGod. Who also hath made us able ministers of the New Testament; not of the letter,... | |
 | 1819 - 488 pages
...serving the Lord with all humility of mindc; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with med. Not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to think any...of ourselves ; but our sufficiency is of God'. For I know, that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing; for to will is present with me, but... | |
 | Episcopal Church - 1819 - 558 pages
...Son our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. 2 Cor. iii. 4. SUCH trust have we through Christ to God-ward : Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves ; but our sufficiency is of God. Who also hath made us able ministers of the New Testament 5 not of the , J letter, but of the... | |
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Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament ; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. 
