 | Visits - 1829 - 544 pàgines
...given ;' a proof that it is not an acquirement of the intellect, but a gift from heaven. Jesus said, ' a man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.' But to return to the other point, which Scripture alone must answer, what do \ve find on the subject... | |
 | Thomas Charlton Henry - 1829 - 356 pàgines
...Father; neither knoweth any man the Father save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. No man can come unto me except the Father, which hath sent me, draw him. Not that we are sufficient... | |
 | John Bunyan, Robert Southey - 1830 - 562 pàgines
...human industry, or only by the talk of them, o BRAVE Talk. All that I know very well ; for a TALKATIVE. man can receive nothing, except it be given him from...an hundred scriptures for the confirmation of this. Well then, said Faithful, what is that one thing that we shall at this time found our discourse upon... | |
 | Edward Fisher - 1830 - 432 pàgines
...soul receives. Lecture 10. on 2 Thess. pa^e 126. The scripture is express to this purpose, John 3:27. "A man can receive nothing except it be. given him from heaven." 2. And that you shall have life and salvation by him; namely, a life of holiness, as well as of happiness;... | |
 | Matson Vincent - 1830 - 448 pàgines
...understood ;" that " the natural man receiveth not the things which be of the Spirit of God ;" that " a man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven." But they knew, at the same time, the power and efficacy of faithful prayer ; and that " he that asketh,... | |
 | Edward Bickersteth - 1830 - 368 pàgines
...become wise unto salvation. May we ever have that humility of mind which led John the Baptist to say, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven, (John iii. 27.) Thence come all our light and all our honor, all our usefulness and all our happiness.... | |
 | John Bunyan - 1831 - 686 pàgines
...human industry, or only by the talk of them. TALK.. All this I know very well. For a man can reeeive nothing, except it be given him from heaven : all is of grace, not of works. I could give you a hundred scriptures for the confirmation of this. FAITH. Well then, said Faithful, what is that one... | |
 | James Fisher - 1831 - 408 pàgines
...be refused; but there can be no such thing as a receiving of Christ, without a giving of him before; for a man can receive nothing except It be given him from heaven, John iii. 27. Q. 21. Why is faith called a [resting] on Christ? A. Because he is revealed in the word... | |
 | John Whitecross - 1831 - 302 pàgines
...honor him. Have you ever studied that text hrother — ' He must increase, but I must decrease?' ' A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.' " Chap, iv, ver. 6, 7. — Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey,... | |
 | 1832 - 488 pàgines
...On this fact the Editor has the following judicious remarks : — 11 How apt are we to forget that ' a man can receive nothing except it be given him from heaven ;' (John iii, 27 ;) and that even the eyes of Apostles were held, that they could not discern (until... | |
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Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. 
