 | Jesus Christ, John Henderson Thomson - Christian martyrs - 1871 - 720 pages
...absent. So going to the Word, I was directed to i John v. 14, 15, ' This is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask any thing according to...that we have the petitions that we desired of Him,' which did, in no small measure, settle and comfort my spirit. So meditating a little, and considering... | |
 | John Tillotson - Sermons, English - 1748 - 440 pages
...Tbele things have I written unto you, that believe on the name of the Son of God; and then it follows, And this is the confidence that we have in him, that...to his will, he heareth us. And if we know that he heareth us, whatfeever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we defired of him; that is,... | |
 | 1842
...God to answer all prayers offered in the name of his own dear Son ? " This is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to...that we have the petitions that we desired of Him." Faith is a necessary quality of all acceptable prayer. Neither indeed will our petitions ever be hearty... | |
 | Thomas Vincent - Westminster Assembly - 1806 - 308 pages
...may and ought to pray unto God only for such things as are agreeable unto his will, 1 John v. 14, 15. And this is the confidence that we have in him, that...to his will, he heareth us: and if we know that he heareth us, we know that we have the petitions that we desire of him. Q. 6. What are the things agreeable... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1808 - 514 pages
...brought no bread ?" 1 John v. "13, 14. " These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God ; that ye may know that ye have eternal...ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us." Believing in Christ in one verse, is called confidence in the next. § 15. It is a committing ourselves... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1808 - 512 pages
...brought no bread ?" 1 John v. 13, 14. " These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God ; that ye may know that ye have eternal...Son of God. And this is the confidence that we have i;> him, that if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us." Believing in Christ in one... | |
 | Congregational churches - 1809 - 612 pages
...of God," adds "And this is the confidence that we have in him, that if we ask any thing accord, ing to his will, he heareth us : and if we know that he...that we have the petitions that we desired of him." The last words of the Bible are expressions of religious worship in prayer to Christ, " Come Lord Jesus"... | |
 | Thomas Tregenna Biddulph - 1810 - 502 pages
...may adopt the words of the beloved disciple, (1 John v. 14, 15.) "This is the confidence " that we have in Him, that, if we ask any " thing according...that we have the petitions " that we desired of Him. Our collect for the tenth Sunday after Trinity contains — A petition for the success of our prayers... | |
 | Thomas Vincent - Prayer - 1810 - 326 pages
...may and ought to pray unto God only for such things as are agreeable unto his will. 1 John v. 14, 15, And this is the confidence that we have in him, that...will, he heareth us. And if we know that he hear us, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him. Q. 6. What are the things agreeable unto... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 416 pages
...repeatedly; so that in less than a week she ate meat, and is still alive. "This is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to...that we have the petitions that we desired of him," 1 John v. 14, 15. But my reader may be ready to wonder, and say, How can this be? Will God hear the... | |
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And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us : and if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him. 
