...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....

...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...

...attaineth to them by human industry, or only by the talk of them. TALK. 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 a hundred scriptures for the confirmation of this....

...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...

...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...

...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....

...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....