| Johnson Grant - 1811 - عدد الصفحات: 528
...conduct, it is given us from the Holy Ghost, and not from our brethren ; for we learn in John, iii. 27, that " a man can receive nothing, except it be given him from above ;" from whence we infer, that to attribute it to any of our brethren, is to insult the Holy Ghost,... | |
| Sarah Trimmer - 1811 - عدد الصفحات: 396
...thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him; 27 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. 29... | |
| New Church gen. confer - 1872 - عدد الصفحات: 634
...deeply impressive, and seemed to bear upon his own case. It was the saying of John the Baptist — "A man can receive nothing except it be given him from heaven." Whatever he had received that was good and true, or whatever of such a nature he had been enabled to... | |
| John Newton - 1814 - عدد الصفحات: 318
...serve him, the good work is begun ; for it is a truth that holds universally and without exception, a man can receive nothing except it be given him from heaven. The Lord first finds us when we are thinking of something else, Isaiah Ixv. 1 ; and then we begin to... | |
| James BOWDEN (Minister at Tooting.) - 1814 - عدد الصفحات: 634
...minds would consider as slights, and occasions of distance and interruptions of friendship. I know, that " a man can receive nothing except it be given him from above : " therefore my prayer for you is, that God would " bless you and make you blessings!" that... | |
| 1815 - عدد الصفحات: 876
...regard, to entertain a modest sens« of my deficiencies aid failings, л grateful and devout conviction, that " a man can receive nothing except it be given him from heaven," and, from the experience of life and the occurrences of this moment, a lively and encouraging confidence... | |
| Thomas Ridgley - 1815 - عدد الصفحات: 600
...just, character of the Person, who was invested with this authority, when he says, concerning him, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven : qd " I have not received this honour of being the Christ, and " doing the works which he does, but... | |
| Edward Thomas Vaughan - 1916 - عدد الصفحات: 494
...Have you ever studied that text, Brother ? (John iii. 30.) ' He must increase, but I must decrease?' ' A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven." Dr. Conyers was another subject of his most interesting representations : — the truly episcopal gravity,... | |
| William Hammond - 1816 - عدد الصفحات: 320
...which would qualify us to work miraculous cures on the bodies of men. John the Baptist, informs us, that a man can receive nothing, except it be given him from above, John, iii. 27. And the apostle James, preaches the same doctrine ; every good and perfect gift... | |
| Jean Calvin - 1816 - عدد الصفحات: 606
...by the Holy Ghost." (/) And John the Baptist, perceiving the stupidity of his disciples, exclaims, that " a man can receive nothing, except it be given him from above." (m) That by " gift" he intends a special illumination, not a common faculty of nature, is evident... | |
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