 | Timothy Dwight - 1813 - 638 pàgines
...parents while wrestling with God for their salvation, are a standing testimony, that the work must be done, not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of God. Even children, to be alive unto God, must be born again ; not of blood, nor of the will of the... | |
 | 1854 - 834 pàgines
...extent in an atmosphere of prayer. The conviction extensively prevailed among us that it was " not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord," that the work must be done. To Him, therefore, who alone can give the increase, our waiting eyes and... | |
 | Alexander Proudfit - 1813 - 414 pàgines
...reflection, my conscience bears me witness, that I would most willingly employ it : .But it is neither "by might, nor by power, but by the spirit of the Lord of hosts," and to Ids sovereign blessmg I Ilot-vVfcossro^vl.j^i. — In order to impress this truth... | |
 | American Baptist Foreign Mission Society - 1814 - 500 pàgines
...now. The universal, moral change, like the erection of the second temple, shall be effected, " not by might nor by power," but by the spirit of the Lord. The promise is recorded, " I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground... | |
 | Alexander Proudfit - 1815 - 408 pàgines
...reflection, my conscience bears me witness, that I would most willingly employ it : but it is neither "by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord of hosts;" and to his sovereign blessing I now commend you.— In order to impress this truth upon... | |
 | Samuel Clapham - 1815 - 708 pàgines
...acknowlege the hand of God himself in the weakness of His instru-* ments; and the work accomplished, not by '* might, " nor by power, but by the. Spirit of the Lord." For had not " the arm of the Lord" been undeniably " revealed," who, do we think, co.jld have ** believed... | |
 | 1816 - 926 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Adam Clarke - 1817 - 746 pàgines
...fully, rule and govern them, as sin and Satan did formerly. This is a proof that the change is not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord. 4. He pardons their sin, so that they are no longer liable to endless perdition. 5. He sanctifies their... | |
 | 1817 - 430 pàgines
...Heaven. 2. The wonderful revolution on that little " isle of the ocean" was clearly effected, " not by might, nor by power," but by " the Spirit of the Lord of Hosts," through the instrumentality of those who " abounded," not in gifts of eloquence, but " in... | |
 | William Barlass, Peter Wilson - 1818 - 688 pàgines
...prosperity of the gracious declaration, that the Lord's temple will be built, and his work carried on, not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord. We now proceed to the application, and from this subject we may learn, 1. That the gross of mankind... | |
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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. 
