...unto good works, whieh God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. (ej 2 Cor. 3. 6, U. AVlm also hath made us able ministers of the New Testament,...letter, but of the spirit : for the letter killeth, hut the spirit giveth life. Bui if the ministration of death written and engraven iu stones, was glorious,...

...were servants; but by the gospel all are free. Agreeable to this are the words of St. Paul : " God hath " made us able ministers of the New Testament, not of « the Letter, but of the Spirit; for the Letter killetb, but " the Spirit giveth life. For if the ministration of death, **...

...word of God : but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ," ver. 17. " If the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses, for the glory of his...

...MAGAZINE. No. 49. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. V. ON THE GREAT EVENTS RECORDED IN THE EARLY CHAPTERS OF GENESIS. " Our sufficiency is of God ; who also hath made us...the spirit : for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life."— 2 Cor. ill. 5, 6. "Which things are an allegory." — Gal. iv. 24. CREATION. To an...

...those who oppose him, we have only another illustration of what the apostle said — " Who hath also made us able ministers of the New Testament, not of...the spirit ; for THE LETTER KILLETH, but the spirit giveth life." (2 Cor. iii. 6.) The letter was not intended to be perfect by itself, but only to be...

...of these things, perhaps some will inquire, What then dues the apostle Paul mean, when he says, God "hath made us able ministers of the New Testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit; far the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life." In reply, I would observe, that the apostle...

...yesterday, to day, and for ever"." * Rev. i. 2. a Heb. xiii. 8. SERMON SERMON VII. 2 CORINTHIANS iii. 6. Who also hath made us able ministers of the New Testament...the spirit ; for the letter killeth, but the spirit gtveth life. IN suggesting rules to assist the ordinary reader of Scripture in the work of Interpretation,...

...Christ to God-ward : not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves ; but our sufficiency is of God. Who also hath made us able...of the New Testament; not of the letter, but of the Spi142 rit : for the letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life. But if the ministration of death written...

...ordinances ad' ministered, in their genuine purity and simplicity ; that here an uninterrupted succession of able ministers of the New Testament, not of the letter, but of the spirit, clothed with the mantle, and actuated by the princi. pies, which distinguished those faithful...

...hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ." God " hath made us able ministers of the 'new testament; not of the letter, bj*t of the Spirit: — the Spirit giveth life." " Now the Lord is that Spirit;" and " we all, with...