 | John Brine - 1743 - 520 pagina’s
...Grace, is dependent on, and is to be refolved into the Will of Man. I have till now apprehended, that it is not of him that willeth, or of him that runneth ; but of God that Jhewe(b Mercy. 3. If this Scheme is true, then God excites Men to fpiritual Afts, who are deftitute... | |
 | George Whitefield - 1771 - 488 pagina’s
...you, he will let you fee the vanity of your prefent imaginations, and bring you to fee' that falvation is not of him that willeth, or of him that runneth, but of GOD that fheweth mercy. Dear George, be not given to change; be not too fond of new things. " To the law... | |
 | Johann Caspar Lavater - 1789 - 468 pagina’s
...men, books, good or ill fortune, and the ufe I may make of the quantity of power I poflefs. " It " is not of him that willeth, or of him that " runneth, but of God that fheweth mercy. " Nor may the veflel fay to the potter, why haft " thou made me thus ? But the... | |
 | Samuel Wright - 1802 - 236 pagina’s
...write his law in our ...... >:xxii. 40. inward parts ; and the declaration, that it Rom. ix. 1 6. it not of him that willeth, or of him that runneth, but...conclusion; That since something is to be done in us andyir us, which cannot be done by us, we should be very earnest and unwearied in our application to... | |
 | Joseph Milner - 1803 - 516 pagina’s
...read in the church, which extol the grace of God and lower the free-will of man, — for example, " It is not of him that willeth, or of him that runneth, but of God that fhoweth mercy," and many fimilar paflages, — this doctrine of grace was very difagreeable to... | |
 | John Newton - 1808 - 704 pagina’s
...they taught, that we have no sufficiency of ourselves, even to think a good thought, and that " it is not of him that willeth, or of him that " runneth, but of God who showeth mercy;" yet they plainly called upon sinners (and that before they had given evident signs... | |
 | John Newton - 1808 - 624 pagina’s
...indolent and careless frame of spirit. Not that we can do any thing of ourselves : in this sense, " it is not of him that willeth, or of him that " runneth*." But when a believer is animated by a view of Jesus, and the prize of the high calling, to run the race... | |
 | Joseph Milner - 1809 - 540 pagina’s
...human nature is alone sufficient to enable men to obey the law ? not attending to the Scripture, " it is not of him that willeth, or of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. And, we are not sufficient of ourselves, to think any thing as of ourselves." We beseech you to observe... | |
 | 1812 - 586 pagina’s
...ought we to confine our ideas in a similar manner to what is said in the 16th verse — " So then it is not of him that willeth or of him that runneth, but of Go J. thatsheweth mercy ?" Both which passages must relate to those who receive the gospel, and by... | |
 | 1814 - 496 pagina’s
...in the hand of the potter. They have found their minds to be under his supreme control ; and that it is not of him that willeth, or of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth merey. They have, found that all the motives of eternity, would have just such an effect as God pleased,... | |
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