...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,...

...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...

...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....

...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....

...the gift of God ; no man attaineth to them by human industry, or only by the talk of them. Talk. AH this I know very well. For a man can receive nothing except it be given him from Heaven ; all this is of grace, not of works ; 1 could give you an hundred scriptures for the confirmation of this....

...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,...

...leave, heavenly knowledge of these is the gift of God ; no man attaineth to them by human industry, or only by the talk of them. TALK. All this I know...from heaven : all is of grace, not of works. I could give you a hundred scriptures for the confirmation of this. Well then, said Faithful, what is that...