 | Herman Witsius - 1823 - 594 pages
...following words of the Apostle, Heb. xi. 6. - - - " He that com" eth unto God must believe that he is, and that he is " the rewarder of them that diligently seek him." In these expressions something nobler is exhibited, than any instructions which nature can impart to... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1823 - 590 pages
...is. This, however, we may do by the aid of arguments, furnished by the light of nature. To believe, that he is the rewarder of them, that diligently seek him; is indispensable to the exercise of any virtuous regard to him ; but this we cannot do without confidence... | |
 | 1822 - 500 pages
...to work together I'm good to those that love God. " He that cometh unto God, must beReve that he is, and that he is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him." To constitute the prayer of faith, it is essential that a person prays with sincerity. If the petitions... | |
 | 1832 - 586 pages
...clearly implied in the declaration of the apostle, " He that cometh to God must believe that // it, and that he is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him," as if there could be no acceptable worship without such belief." The author here goes on to show that... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1824 - 652 pages
...' 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.' Faith, in its first and simple sense, is assent to probable evidence. Few of the propositions to which... | |
 | Samuel Stennett - 1824 - 506 pages
...impressed, both with the greatness and goodness of that infinite Being. He must believe that he is, and that he is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him a. He must be deeply affected with his own frailty, guilt and unworthiness, with his absolute and entire... | |
 | John Henry Hobart (bp. of New York.) - 1824 - 526 pages
...were seen and present. Thus does Faith tend to excite the Christian grace of Hope. That there is a God, and " that he is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him8" — that "it is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into... | |
 | Richard Twopeny - 1824 - 376 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." To complete the moral character of faith, he in the first verse lays it down as an essential property... | |
 | John Evans - 1825 - 568 pages
...Without faith it is impossible to please God ; for he that cometh. to God,. must believe tliat he is, and that he 'is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him." The perfections of God may be proved from the nature and reason of things, Rom. i. £0. " The invisible... | |
 | Josiah Hopkins - 1825 - 322 pages
...it will be seen, agrees with that of the Apostle : " He that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him." a When by the Holy Spirit, the affections of the heart are changed, the darkness of the rnind removed,... | |
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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. 
