 | Joseph Lathrop - 1810 - 600 էջ
...the eighth chapter of the Romans. " We have received the spirit of adoption — and the spirit itself beareth witness with our spirits, that we are the children of God ; and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ; If we suffer with him, we... | |
 | John Bunyan - 1811 - 462 էջ
...testifying, and assuring influences, whereby we know that we are the children of God, for "the Spirit itself beareth witness with our Spirits that we are the children of God." Rom. viii. 16. Therefore grieve not the Holy Spirit. ' f Mind, they are commanded to put it on. Though... | |
 | John Wesley - 1812 - 446 էջ
...earnest of it, and assures our spirits that we have a title to eternal happiness. " The Spirit of God beareth witness with our spirits that we are the children of God." And in order that this inward testimony may be lively and permanent, it is absolutely necessary to... | |
 | John Buckworth - 1812 - 340 էջ
...favour, as not to hesitate in the least, to cry "Abba Father," — and to say, " The spirit itself beareth witness with our spirits that we are the children of God." Having thus shewn how this witness is produced, I proceed to notice, III. The distinction between the... | |
 | John Owen - 1813 - 644 էջ
...15, 16. " Ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirits, that we are the children of God." And wherein soever this testimony doth consist, or by what means soever it be granted unto us, concerning... | |
 | William White - 1813 - 532 էջ
...most commonly quoted in favour of the assurance here denied, is Rom. viii. 16 — " The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirits, that we are the children of God." These words are reasoned from, as if the language were — " To our spirits:" and some \Vriters have... | |
 | J S. Pipe - 1813 - 646 էջ
...destroy, or diminish it ; and this is done by the witnessing of the Holy Spirit. " The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirits, that we are the children of God." This witness, or testimony of the Spirit, assuring us of our adoption into the family of heaven, is... | |
 | 1835 - 612 էջ
...witnessing principle. Every true believer has a consciousness of his love to Jesus. The Spirit himself beareth witness with our spirits, that we are the children of God. He is therefore enabled to adopt the language of Peter, in his reply to the Saviour's question : '... | |
 | John Colquhoun - 1814 - 446 էջ
...blessed Spirit, as a Comforter. " The Spirit itself, or, the same Spirit," says the apostle Paul, " beareth witness with our spirits, that we are the children of God V The same Spirit, that worketh habits of grace, or holy, dispositions, in the hearts of believers,... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner - 1815 - 616 էջ
...17. 4< For ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry: Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirits, that we are the children of God. And if children, then heirs, heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ." See also ver. 23. And compare... | |
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The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirits, that we are the children of God, and if children, then heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ ; if so be. 
