 | John Evans - Christian life - 1801 - 404 pages
...pleafed by an upright mind ; that " if there be firft a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not,'* 2 Cor. viii. 12. With a firm perfuafion of their acceptance in it through Chrift, and of the "glorious rewards of grace... | |
 | William Gilpin - Homiletical illustrations - 1804 - 466 pages
...on .our way rejoicing* 340 VIII. If there be firft a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. — 2 Corinthians, viii. i2. or. PAUL, in the chapter, from which the text is taken, had been exhorting his... | |
 | Fisher (The Rev. Mr., master of the grammar school in Cockermouth, Eng.) - Catechisms, English - 1809 - 346 pages
...sso N II. • , ,' Sincerity. " . If there be firft a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. 2 Cor. viii. 12. What• Whatfbever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men. Col. iii. 23. For what... | |
 | Johnson Grant - Great Britain - 1811 - 528 pages
...in truth consistent with the attributes of God, that a man should be accepted according to that he hath, and not according to that he hath not (2 Cor. viii. 12) ; we are authorized to believe that the salvation purchased by Christ was extended to them, as an atonement... | |
 | Francis Atterbury (bp. of Rochester.) - 1820 - 358 pages
...pay, in sure confidence that they will be grateful to that Being, which accepteth according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not, 2 Cor. viii. 12. Thus does external adoration become a point of natural homage, due to the supreme Lord of the world,... | |
 | Johnson Grant - Dissenters, Religious - 1820 - 476 pages
...not the law, made a law unto themselves" (Rom. ii. 14); and " a man is accepted according to that he hath, and not according to that he hath not." (2 Cor. viii. 12.) XVIII. Nothing can be too visionary or too absurd for the human mind, when it imps its wings with the... | |
 | William Hey - Apologetics - 1822 - 654 pages
...reasoning upon this maxim. " If there be a willing mind," says he, " it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not." 2 Corinthians viii. 12. There is no man, I believe, who can doubt of the reasonableness of this determination... | |
 | Jared Sparks - Theology - 1823 - 404 pages
...given them suitable qualifications. Seeing, as St Paul observes, " God accepteth, according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not." 2 Cor. viii. 12. Now it is evident, from the continual clashings of our most learned divines about these subtilties,... | |
 | John Locke - Bible - 1824 - 522 pages
...out of that which you have : for if there be first a willing m' ml, jt is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. — 2 Cor. viii. 7—9. I1, 12. He which soweth sparingly, shall reap also sparingly : and he which soweth bountifully,... | |
 | Joseph John Gurney - Society of Friends - 1825 - 362 pages
...willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not;" II Cor. viii, 12. The extent of faith required in man,...extent of light communicated. Those to whom the merits and mediation of the Son of God are made known, are undoubtedly required to believe in the merits and... | |
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It is unquestionably true in great as well as in little things, that ' if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not; 
