 | Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge - Sermons - 1785 - 618 pages
...fimilar decifion is given, 2 Cor. viii. 1 2. where the apoftle declares, .that, " if there be firft a willing mind, it is accepted " according to that a man hath, and not accord" ing to that he hath not." This too is the plain import of the direction in his firft epiftle... | |
 | Thomas Secker - Sermons, English - 1792 - 624 pages
...not attempt. Now, jphere there is a willing mind, it is accepted by Heaven, and fliould be by you, according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not f. And though perfons be able, yet fuch things as are not enjoined, and have not been cuftomary, you... | |
 | Missions - 1804 - 664 pages
...silver and gold. If he did, they are at his cotniuand; and *s it respects us, " It there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.» The promises we make to ourselves, of devoting «o the service of God, or our fellow-creatures, any... | |
 | Luke Booker - 1794 - 340 pages
...will, fo I truft there will be a Performance alfo out of that which you have. For, if there be firft a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not." Refpeding the Institution you are thus willingly affembled to fupport,— I can confcientioufly affure... | |
 | Lord's Supper - 1795 - 316 pages
...caft any man into eternal flames, for ftriving to do his duty as well as he can. If there be firft a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. And confequent!y, fuch as account themfelves moft unworthy, are thofe very perfons who are deeply fenfible... | |
 | William Enfield - 1798 - 466 pages
...enough ; your happinefs is fecure ; your virtue fhall not go without its reward: for ** where there is a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not," Wheu When a Defire of plcafing becomes a Virtue. ROMANS xv. 2. Let every one of us pleafe his neighbour... | |
 | William Gilpin - Sermons - 1799 - 494 pages
...confolatiorij let us continually gd ow our way rejoicing* $ VIII. Jf there be firjl a willing mind, it h accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not,—* Corinthians, 8. xii. OT. PAUL, in the chapter, from which the text ^ is taken, had been exhorting his... | |
 | Thomas Halyburton - Salvation - 1801 - 382 pages
...and where this is, many imperfections will not hinder acceptance, 2 Cor. viii. it. For if there be a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. But that we may further clear this truth, we fliall, L Shew what it is to ferve the Lord. IL Shew what... | |
 | John Evans - Christian life - 1801 - 404 pages
...made by the Gofpel, that he is 4n©ft eafily 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... | |
 | Thomas Halyburton - Salvation - 1801 - 388 pages
...and where this is, many imperfedions will not hinder acceptance, 2 Cor. viii. 12. For if there be a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. But that we may further clear this truth, we fhall, I. Shew what it is to ferve the Lord. II. Shew... | |
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For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. 
