 | Jeremy Taylor - 1831 - 428 pages
...are so. And prudence is a gift of God, a blessing of an excellent nature, and of great leisure, and a wise opportunity, and a severe education, and a...he hath not : and even here, although the events of pru* Stobseus, Fleril. tit. iii. p. 17. dence are out of our power, yet the endeavors and the observation,... | |
 | Thomas Smart Hughes - 1831 - 446 pages
...severe education, and a great experience, and a strict observation, and good company; all which, being1 either wholly or in part out of our power, may be...he hath not : and even here, although the events of pru• Stolweus, Floril. tit. iii. p. 17. dence are out of OUT power, yet the endeavors and the observation,... | |
 | James Knight - 1831 - 546 pages
...the collective result, it would be large and extensive. Let us bear in mind too, that God accepteth according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not. If then, my brethren, from a truly Christian motive, with love and gratitude to your God and Saviour... | |
 | Robert Henley (2nd baron.) - 1832 - 130 pages
...service. And I considered that such duty, if performed in humility and faithfulness, would be accepted according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not. I find many of the best friends of the Church grieved and humbled at the existence of the Evils and... | |
 | Edward Bickersteth - 1832 - 586 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 ready to be pleased... | |
 | William Jay - 1832 - 704 pages
...execution with him who looketh to the heart, and says, where there is a first willing mind it is accepted according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not. It would be well if they deserved the commendation pronounced upon Mary; "She haul done what she could."... | |
 | 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... | |
 | John Fletcher - 1833 - 686 pages
...1 Once more. Does not St. Paul's rule hold in spirituals as well as in temporals ? " It is accepted according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not." Does our Lord actually require more of believers than they can actually do through his grace ? And... | |
 | Francis Bragge - 1833 - 334 pages
...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... | |
 | 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... | |
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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. 
