...and where this is, many imperfections will not hinder acceptance, 2 Cor. viii. it. For if there be a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. But that we may further clear this truth, we fliall, L Shew what it is to ferve the Lord. IL Shew what...

...readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have. 1 2 For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. 13 For / mean not that other men be eased, and you burdened ; 14 But by an equality, that now at this...

...Chriftians to contribute to the neceffities of their indigent brethren, fays, '' If there be firft a willing mind, it is accepted, according to that...man hath, and not according to that he hath not." The reafon of the thing is ' precifely the fame refpecting every other duty or command of God. He requires...

...what is not done is forgiven. The Apoftle fpeaks of this 2 Cor. viii. 12. " For if there b'e firft a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not." Thus " we are complete in Chrift," Col. ,iil 10. his moll perfect righteoufnefs covering all oitr defects....

...readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have. 12 For if there be first a willing; mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. 13 For / mean not that other men be eased, and you burdened : 14 But by an equality, that now at this...

...uprightly, walketh furely ; but a double-minded Man is unftable in all his Ways. 1 If there be firft a willing Mind, it is accepted according to that a Man hath, and not according to that he hath not. * Let my Heart, O Lord, be found in thy Statutes, that I be not afhamed : For the Upright fhall dwell...

...through this great confolarion, let us continually go on .our way rejoicing* 340 VIII. If there be firft a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. — 2 Corinthians, viii. i2. or. PAUL, in the chapter, from which the text is taken, had been exhorting...

...morals, in •which the scriptures agree, that natural inability always destroys moral 'obligation. " It is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not."' There were obstacles in the way of the salvation of men which they have not natural ability to remove...

...readinefs to will, fo there may be a performance alfo out of that which you have : For if there be firft a. willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. To duty feldom I adhere, r Yet to the end I perievere./ I die and rot beneath the clod, s Yet live...

...to obey God's commands,- is obedience : For if there -be -first a willing mind, it is ao • cepted according to that a man hath, :and not according to that -he hath not.'. If' men be prevented by any natural impediment, or inability, from their duty, it will not be imputed...