...and necessary means of his salvation, were an offence to him. But he lived to glory in what he oiiCe could not bear to hear of. Peter had received grace...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 seek him in good...

...to see with my eyes. I am deeply convinced of the truth of John Baptist's aphorism, John iii. 27, " A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven." I well know, that the little measure of knowledge I have obtained in the things of God, has not been...

...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...

...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...

...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,...

...barest witness, behold, thé sanie baptizeth, and ail mett corne to him. 27 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. 28 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not thé Christ, but that I am sent beforo him....

...souls, as the power to make a world ? Such scriptures as these, ' unto you it is given to believe. — A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. — No man can come unto me, except the Father draw hhn. — Every good gift,' and of course that of...

...thou bearest 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. &S Ye yourselves bear me^ witness, that I said, lam not the Christ, but that I am sent before him....

...preaching? Ruf. They have many good reasons. They observe, that the scripture expressly asserts, that a man can receive nothing, except it be. given him from heaven ;* and therefore the receiving of Christ necessarily presupposes a giving of him ; that is a revelation...

...measure of faith. Rom. xii. 3. Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it. 1 Thess. v. 24. A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. John iii. 27. If God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth. 2 Tim....