 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first• fruits of...  Present Day Papers - Page 1511901Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Thomas Scott - 1811 - 824 pages
...lights, with whom is no variableness or shadow " of turning. — Of his own will begat he us with " the word of truth, that we should be a kind of " first fruits of his creatures."2 P. DXLV. 1. 8. ' Hence, &c.'3 Calvin is here answering the objection brought against his... | |
 | 1812 - 292 pages
...sanctifi:ation of the spirit, and belief of the truth." James 1, 18. " Of his own will bcg.it he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures," Rev. 14, 4. •' These were redeemed from among men, being the first fruits unto God and the Lamb."... | |
 | George Lawson - 1812 - 256 pages
...hearing them from the pulpit. " Of his own will," sa}s rhe apostle James, " bej.at he us with the word pi truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear." Not oniy those who are already begotten... | |
 | 1847 - 760 pages
...from the immediate and direct agency of God, then is it affirmed, thnt " Of liis own will begat he us, by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures." If it is viewed as a new and spiritual creation, then you hear Paul, in the name of all the regenerate,... | |
 | John Murray - 1813 - 438 pages
...and if the root be holy, so are the branches." And James i. 18, "Of his ovvn will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures." Revelations xiv. 4, « These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoeverhe goeth. These were redeemed... | |
 | 1839 - 702 pages
...commandments," 1 John v. 1,2. The apostle James, speaking of God, says, "of his own will begat he us, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures." These expressions give no hint of the rite of baptism. Resurrection is another term employed to express... | |
 | 1815 - 608 pages
...of lights, with whom is no variableness, nor shadow of turning. 18. Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his rational creatures, John iii. 3. 19. Therefore, my beloved brethren, Jet every man be swift to hear,... | |
 | William Dell - 1816 - 608 pages
...are of God, as children arc of the Father, as it is written, James i. 18. * Of his own will begat he us, by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures. So that, as the children of men, are of their fathers, through a natural... | |
 | Wesleyan Methodists services - 1817 - 278 pages
...of lights; with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. Of his own will begat he us with the Word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slew to wrath ; for... | |
 | 1817 - 610 pages
...according to the good pleas-- «r< of his will." James declares, "Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures." Paul says to the Ephesians, "we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which... | |
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