...perfect gift, is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights :' and the Gospel by these ; ' A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.' " There are innumerable passages of Scripture besides, which might be brought to establish the doctrine...

...Knowledge alone, or knowledge which is not founded in humility and the love of God, " puffeth up" — " a man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven." f Let us, in the first place seek that the love of God may abide in our hearts, then let us wait the...

...Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, but of God, &c.— John i. 13. iii. 3, &c. A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. — John iii. 27. No man can come unto me, except the Father which hath sent me, draw him, &c. Except...

...given ;' a proof that it is not an acquirement of the intellect, but a gift from heaven. Jesus said, ' a man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.' But to return to the other point, which Scripture alone must answer, what do \ve find on the subject...

...to them by human industry, or only by the talk of them. Talkative. All this I "know very well. For a man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven ; all is of grace, not of works; I could give you an hundred scriptures for the confirmation of this....

...Father; neither knoweth any man the Father save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. No man can come unto me except the Father, which hath sent me, draw him. Not that we are sufficient...

...become wise unto salvation. May we ever have that humility of mind which led John the Baptist to say, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven, (John iii. 27.) Thence come all our light and all our honor, all our usefulness and all our happiness....

...soul receives. Lecture 10. on 2 Thess. pa^e 126. The scripture is express to this purpose, John 3:27. "A man can receive nothing except it be. given him from heaven." 2. And that you shall have life and salvation by him; namely, a life of holiness, as well as of happiness;...

...understood ;" that " the natural man receiveth not the things which be of the Spirit of God ;" that " a man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven." But they knew, at the same time, the power and efficacy of faithful prayer ; and that " he that asketh,...

...On this fact the Editor has the following judicious remarks : — 11 How apt are we to forget that ' a man can receive nothing except it be given him from heaven ;' (John iii, 27 ;) and that even the eyes of Apostles were held, that they could not discern (until...