 | Lorenzo Dow - 1814 - 666 pages
...knowcth not his master's will, shall he beaten with few stripes. Thus you see it is required ag.eording to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not. As we read every man is to be rewarded according to his works, or the deeds done in the body, Rev.... | |
 | Samuel Lavington - 1815 - 640 pages
...imperfections and ,wn worthiness, discourage you ; 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. : Is it not the language of your souls, " Whoa bave I in heaven but thee ? and there is none upon earth... | |
 | Alexander Proudfit - 1815 - 416 pages
...Jehovah and secures the reward. " The widow's farthing" will be cheerfully acknowledged by HIM who judges "according to what a man hath and not according to what he hath not." One talent well improved amounts to more in his estimation than ten or ten thousand slothfully neglected.... | |
 | 1803 - 504 pages
...be humbled before God. When this takes place, we have done all that is required i for God requireth according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not. But what fhall be done if our injured brother will not be reconciled to us, even tho* we fulfil to... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor - 1816 - 570 pages
...strict observation, and good company; all which being either wholly or in part out of our power, may be as free gifts, but cannot be imposed as commandments....are portions of this grace) are such things which Ciod will demand, in proportion to the talent which he hath intrusted into our banks. There are indeed... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor - 1816 - 536 pages
...220 THE FLESH AND THE SPIRIT. Sm/t. XI. ease your spirit ; and God accepts us, (saith the Apostle,) according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not. Only as our desires are great, and our spirits are willing, so we shall find ways to make supply of... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor - 1816 - 526 pages
...poverty, but I can * Triuumnins ease your spirit ; and God accepts us, (saith the Apostle,) acfording to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not. Only as our desires are great, and our spirits are willing, so we shall find ways to make supply of... | |
 | 1817 - 490 pages
...in the best of causes. " If there be first the willing mind," already alluded to, " it is required according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not." This willing mind has very extensively appeared ; and to those of their labouring brethren, who may... | |
 | 1817 - 680 pages
...full performance also out of that which ye have. For if there be first a ready mind, it is accepted according to what [a man] hath, and not according to what he hath not. 1 3 For / mean not that others may be eased, and you burthen14 ed : but that, by an equality, your... | |
 | Fanny Woodbury - 1818 - 338 pages
...spirit, and from a right principle, will be no despicable offering in the sight of him who judgeth according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not ? KUITOH. less by-stander discovers nothing to excite particular observation. In such a world as this,... | |
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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. 
