 | Thomas Cogan - 1813 - 606 pages
...things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." " He that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him."* All the illustrations adduced from the conduct of Noah, Abraham, Sarah, Jacob, Moses, Rahab, &c. &c.... | |
 | Joshua Toulmin - 1814 - 642 pages
...every nation he that feareth GOD and work" eth righteoufnefs is accepted of him ;" and by obferving, that believing in the being of GOD, and that He is the rewarder of them that diligently feek him, is " better than nothing, than mere fin." He fuppofed that the phrafe " voluntary works"... | |
 | Joshua Toulmin - 1814 - 640 pages
...every nation he that feareth GOD and work" eth righteoufnefs is accepted of him ;" and by obferving, that believing in the being of GOD, and that He is the rcwarder of them that diligently feck him, is " better than nothing, than mere fin." He fuppofed that... | |
 | Samuel Seabury - 1815 - 316 pages
...commanded * L«viU ii. 1 t Gen. xiv. tR, 20. them. " He that cometh to God, must believe that he is, and that he is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him.* Without this faith there could have been no ground for making any offerings at all ; and without the... | |
 | Reginald Heber - 1816 - 612 pages
...the knowledge of God's being and attributes. " He that cometh to God " must first believe that He is, and that he " is the rewarder of them that diligently '< seek him *." Unless, then, it can be * Hebrews xi. 6. satisfactorily shewn, that the Heathen had a knowledge... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1817 - 510 pages
...of the very first principles of all religion. For ' he that cometh to God, must believe that God is, and that he is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him.' It is diligent seeking him that they hate and set themselves against. 4. Do not they judge heaven to... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1818 - 632 pages
...Without faith it is impossible to please Him : for he that cometh to God must believe, that he is, and that he is the rewarder, of them that diligently seek him. Heb. xi. 6. Believe in the Lord your God ; so shall ye be established. 2 Chron. ii. 20. Who by him,... | |
 | Mary Martha Sherwood, Mrs. Sherwood (Mary Martha) - 1818 - 248 pages
...wit limit which, it is impossible to please God: for he that Cometh to God, must believe that he is, and that he is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him." (Hebrews xi.) They now asked Goonafa Purist if he were willing to be baptized. To which he answered,... | |
 | 1819 - 708 pages
...exercise of prayer, " must" (in order to have good ground lo hope for it* acceptance) "believe that he ii, and that he is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him," so must the man who would derive beneficial knowledge from the Scriptures, give them some credit in... | |
 | Willis Harris - 1821 - 344 pages
...exists, or form any adequate ideas of infinity or eternity ? It is enough for us to know that he is, and that he is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him. When he reveals this to us, he surely requires nothing unreasonable, when he commands us to worship... | |
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But without faith it is impossible to please God ; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him. 
