| Jacob Duché - 1779 - 452 էջ
...FATHER OF LIGHTS, WITH WHOM " IS NO VARIABLENESS, NEITHER " SHADOW OF TURNING. OF HIS " OWN WILL BEGAT HE US WITH " THE WORD OF TRUTH, THAT WE " SHOULD BE A KIND OF FIRST "FRUITS OF HIS CREATURES. " WHEREFORE, MY BELOVED BRE" THREN, LET EVERY MAN BE " SWIFT TO HEAR,... | |
| Philip Doddridge - 1803 - 666 էջ
...Receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him : Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of .first-fruits of his creatures**. The apostle Peter describes christians, as those whose souls were Purified in obeying the truth through... | |
| Philip Doddridge - 1803 - 676 էջ
...Address to the Regenerate, founded on the preceding Discourses. James i. 18. Of his aim Will begat he us with the Word of Truth, that we should be a kind of First-Fruits of his Creatures. . INTEND the words which I have now been reading, only as an introduction to that address to the sons... | |
| John Smalley - 1803 - 448 էջ
...great concern to live to his glory. Remember the words of the apostle James ; " Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures." SERMON XV. ON THE DOcTRINE OF PERSONAL ELEcTION. ROMANS XI. 5. Even... | |
| 1804 - 476 էջ
...Father of lights ; with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. 18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. 19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath : 20... | |
| Samuel Eyles Pierce - 1804 - 320 էջ
...Father of lights, with whom is no " variablenefs, neither shadow of turn" ing. Of his own will begat he us " with the word of truth, that we should "be a kind of first fruits of his crea" turesV It is attributed to Christ by the apostle John', " If ye know that... | |
| Abner Kneeland - 1804 - 416 էջ
...the Father of lights, Avith whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. Of his own will begat he us, with the word of truth, that we should- be a. kind of first fruits of his creatures. -v- Put on therefore (a the elect of God, holy and beloved) bowels o.... | |
| Philip Doddridge - 1805 - 690 էջ
...on the one hand, and all overflowing of malignity '8 of his own win Ье?а,' h,e. us . "''У1 lhe word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures> . ,19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath20... | |
| Timothy Kenrick - 1805 - 396 էջ
...created him." Of the Christian Jews he says, including himself in the number, "of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures" ie of those who profess the Gospel. The 'anguage of the apostle James... | |
| Philip Doddridge - 1805 - 632 էջ
...on the one hand, and all overflowing of malignity 18 Of hi» own will Ье?а.с h,e. us. wi''1 thc word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his crcatures' . ,19 YífTÍ01*' Tr beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slovv... | |
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