 | John Tillotson - 1748 - 458 էջ
...the wonderful progrefs of the gofpel, and fpeedy downfal of idolatry in the world, nit by might, Mr by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord. The acknowledgment of Porphyry, that bitter enemy ofChriflianity, as it is reported to us by Eufebius, is very remarkable, " That Cnce one Jefus began... | |
 | John Tillotson - 1757 - 510 էջ
...be entertained in all nations^ Aad this was moft remarkably accomplifhed, by the wonderful progreis of the gofpel, and fpeedy downfal of idolatry in the world, " not by might, ,nor by power, but by d?e " SPIRIT of the J-,pRt>." The acknowledgment (if Porphyry, that bitter enemy of chriftianity,... | |
 | John Tillotson - 1757 - 482 էջ
...did at its firft fetting out fo ftrangely preyail in the world, againft all human probability; " not by might, nor by power; but by the Spirit " of the LORD." No man can well fuppofe a religion in circumftances of greater difadvantage, and upon all human accounts,... | |
 | Samuel Rutherford - 1765 - 566 էջ
...but the high places of their fathers, and the remnants of Babylon's pollutions; and .except that, not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord ; I ihould think, God hath not yet thought it time for England's deliverance : for the truth is, the... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1776 - 582 էջ
...firll appearance, on the Thurfday, before the commiffion, that we might fee, that it was not to be done by might nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord : but afterwards he raifed us up, that our adverfaries could no more triumph over us. Many times the... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1776 - 610 էջ
...and raifed towards the Lord : I faw it was good to follow duty, and truft God ; and that it is " not by might nor by power," but by the " Spirit" of the Lord, things are got comfortably done. On the arft I went to Stenton, where that night, in meditation, I... | |
 | John Wesley - 1785 - 718 էջ
...find their fouls incxpreffibly dear to me ; but was I not kept thankfully confcious, that it is not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord, I fhonld fink at the thought of having them to watch over. O, who knows the worth of fouls ! Wha can... | |
 | Ambrose Serle - 1792 - 236 էջ
...Thought, that any Thing can be done by their Wifdom and Strength, confeffing, that it fucceeds not by Might, nor by Power, but by the Spirit of the Lord of Hofts. They freely own, and fenfibly feel, with the Apoftle, that they are nothing ; that all the... | |
 | 1815 - 436 էջ
...themselves — by a deep sense of weakness— by a conviction that their safety is to be secured, not by "might nor by power,'' but by the "Spirit" of" the Lord." Let us remember, that when in Scripture we are encouraged to be strong, it is to "be strong in the... | |
 | John Owen - 1810 - 370 էջ
....notwithstanding the strongest opposition, that it might be evident to all that the work was effected, ' not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord.' i'.ech. iv. 6. CHAPTER V. •>.. v The Manner of the Dispensation of the Holy Spirit. BEFORE we treat... | |
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... but by the Spirit of the Lord of hosts, that the world is to be overcome, and the kingdom of righteousness and peace established. 
