 | James Ussher - 1660 - 628 էջ
...by our obedience to our utmost power. Here is all the the strictness of the Gospel : "If1 there be a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to what a man hath not." God takes well the desires of our mind. This is then our blessed condition... | |
 | John Flavel - 1671 - 576 էջ
...God, because he did it not designedly for his glory, but from the mere overruling of Providence. " If there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, saith the apostle." 2 Cor. 8:12. The eye of God is first and mainly upon the will ; if that be sincere... | |
 | Richard Lucas - 1699 - 364 էջ
...purpofe, if any thing can be fuller, are the words of St. Paul, z Cor. 8. iz, i3,i4, For if there le firft a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath-, and not according to that he hath not : for I mean not that other men le easd and you lurden'd\ lut ly an equality :... | |
 | Whole duty - 1741 - 504 էջ
...fecret and obliging manner, that they may receive it with chearfulnefs without confufion and fhame ; it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath pot. In fine, as giving of alms is a real expreffion of our love and gratitude to God,... | |
 | John Milner - 1746 - 88 էջ
...much meafured by the greatnefe of the requital ; as the' integrity of the Heart. For if there be firft a willing Mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he \ Gen. xxxii. 10. m Luke i. 46, 47. be hath not n. We cannot requite God for his numerous... | |
 | John Tillotson - 1748 - 412 էջ
...deed. And of this cafe it is, and no other, that the Apoftle fpeaks, 2 Cor. viii. 12. If there he fir/1 a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not ; that is, God interprets and accepts the charity of men, according to the largenefs... | |
 | Assembly of divines confess. and catech - 1765 - 626 էջ
...through Jefus Chr'ut; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. 2 Cor. viii. 12. For if there be firft a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not accordVII. Works done by unregenerate men, although for the matter of them, they may be things which... | |
 | 1765 - 410 էջ
...for ftriving to do his Duty as well as he can. If there be firfl a willing Mini, lakh the Apoftle, it is accepted according to that a Man hath, and not according to that l;t hath not, i Cor. viii. 1 2. Neither ought we to think To unworthily of the Son of God,... | |
 | Thomas Secker - 1766 - 404 էջ
...and of them only, to whom much is given, Jhall much be required^. For if there be fir ft a wifling Mind, it is accepted according to that a Man hath, and not according to that he hath not §. But ftill, as all Men have finned, and come jhbrt of the Glory of God**, and... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1773 - 630 էջ
...and lufts the crofs, Gal. v. 24. And thus God judges of them, 2 Cor. viii. i2. Far if there be Jlrft a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. 3. Ye are carried out of yourfclves into Jefus Chrift, Matth. xvi. 24. To a natural... | |
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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. 
