...deliver concerning free will (libero arbitrio,) we deservedly reject, since he is the slave of sin; and " a man can receive nothing except it be given him from heaven." For who will dare to boast that he is able to perform whatever he shall will, when Christ himself says,...

...God ; no man attaineth to them by .human industry, or only by the talking of them. ^ i TALK. All that I know very well : for a man can receive nothing except it be given him from heaven j all is of grace, not of works ; I could give you an hundred scriptures for the confirmation of this....

...industry, wisdom, or regal power. — He had it from some other quarter. He received it from above of God. For, " a man can receive nothing except it be given him from Heaven," as the Baptist saith, John iii. 27; he cannot receiveit upon the grounds of his own worthiness or merits....

...serve Him, the good work is begun ; for it is a truth that holds universally and without exception, a man can receive nothing except it be given him from Heaven. The Lord first Jinds us when we are thinking of something else (Isaiah Ixv. 1), and then we begin to...

...Which were born, not of blood, nor 6f 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...

...thou barest witness, behold, the samebaptizetb, and all men come 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 the Christ, but that I am sent before him....

...anottier: speech is the communication or sign of thought. You say further, that it is a great truth, that " a man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven." J will not be so rude, at present, as to call this a great lie; but 1 will say, it is decidedly and...

...Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, but of God, &c.— Johni. 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...

...witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. 27 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. 29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom : but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and...

...thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him. 27 John answered and said, o(/ 28 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him....