 | Herman Witsius - 1807 - 360 pages
...accepted. For it is a known rule in the economy of grace, that if there be a willing mind, it is accepted, according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not, 2 Cor. viii. 12. The things which the Apostle counted loss and dung, Phil. iii. 8. were not, the holy... | |
 | Philip Doddridge, Andrew Kippis - 1807 - 664 pages
...acknowledge the noblest charity in the smallest gift, as wherever there is a willing mind, it is accepted according- to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not. (2 Cor. viii. 12.) Let us imitate the candour of our blessed Redeemer, and be 43 ready to be pleased... | |
 | Benjamin Beddome - 1807 - 546 pages
...memorial of her. Hence the apostle tells us, that where there is first a willing mind, it is accepted according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hiith not. It is not so much what our works are, as what our heart is ; that God looks at, and will... | |
 | 1808 - 168 pages
...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 of alms. It is an usual phrase with, the ancients... | |
 | Ezekiel Hopkins (bp. of Derry.) - 1809 - 566 pages
...wanting and unattainable : If there be a willing mind, says the Apostle, 2 Cor. viii. 12. it is accepted according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not. Let none, therefore, conclude ihat they have no grace, because they have many imperfections in their... | |
 | Johannes van der Kemp - 1810 - 548 pages
...Lord, who accepteth of our sincere endeavours ; " For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not," 2 Cor. viii. 1 2. Your God, who hath given you the life of regeneration, and " hath begun the good... | |
 | 1812 - 582 pages
...work. Let each one remember, that where much cannot bfc given, a little will be acceptable. The duty is according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not. Every real disci/ile of the Lord has at least a little faith; and this faith must be brought into exercise,... | |
 | 1812 - 620 pages
...-work. Let each one remember, that where much cannot be given a little will be acceptable. The duty is according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not. Every real disc/file of the Lord has at least a little faith; and this faith must be brought into exercise,... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1875 - 618 pages
...2). 'Now, therefore, perform the doing of it. ... For if there be first a willing mind it is accepted according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not ' (2 Cor. viii. 11, 12). Amongst the Scottish Presbyterians it has been a continuous observance for... | |
 | William Smith - 1814 - 330 pages
...of the reader and the singer, " I will sing, and speak praises unto the Lord :" for " God accepteth according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not." There are some who say that God hath not given them a voice ; and others, that they have not ear sufficient... | |
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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 of alms. 
