| Martin Luther - 1826 - 1226 páginas
...industry, wisdom, or regal power. — He had it from some other quarter. He received it from above of God. For, " a man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven," as the Baptist saith, John iii. 27 ; he cannot receive it upon the grounds of his own worthiness or... | |
| First Society of Adherents to Divine Revelation at Orbiston - 1826 - 298 páginas
...reveals it to us. This every true believer knows ; and this is the only meaning of such passages, a* " a man can receive nothing except it be given him from heaven." Then opened he their understanding to understand the scriptures, ie, to see and to believe what is... | |
| Thomas Shaw B. Reade - 1827 - 484 páginas
...the words of eternal life." This entire surrender of the heart to God, is the work of the Spirit ; for " a man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven." Nothing short of this will bring us to glory. Nothing short of this can give true assurance, peace,... | |
| 1827 - 524 páginas
...thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him. John answered and said ; A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. Ye yourselves bear me witness that I said ; I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. He... | |
| William Carpenter - 1824 - 604 páginas
...xx. 4, 5.) — " Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight." (Luke xv. 18, 21.) — " A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven." (John iii. 27.) In the same manner such phrases as these are used by the Talmudists : D^DW T2 nrVD... | |
| 1829 - 544 páginas
...perfect gift, is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights :' and the Gospel by these ; ' A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.' " There are innumerable passages of Scripture besides, which might be brought to establish the doctrine... | |
| John Platts - 1827 - 688 páginas
...God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name. y JOHN, iii. 27: A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven, do. v. 31: If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. a JOHN, vii. 28, 29 : See the words... | |
| Questions - 1828 - 184 páginas
...Knowledge alone, or knowledge which is not founded in humility and the love of God, " puffeth up" — " a man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven." f Let us, in the first place seek that the love of God may abide in our hearts, then let us wait the... | |
| William Dodd - 1828 - 522 páginas
...Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, but of God, &c.— John i. 13. iii. 3, &c. A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. — John iii. 27. No man can come unto me, except the Father which hath sent me, draw him, &c. Except... | |
| John Bunyan - 1829 - 256 páginas
...the gift of God; no man attaineth to them by human industry, or only by the talk of them. Talkative. All this I "know very well. For a man can receive...an hundred scriptures for the confirmation of this. Faithful. Well then, what is that one thing that we shall at this time found our discourse upon ? Talkative.... | |
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