 | Thomas Charlton Henry - 1829
...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... | |
 | Visits - 1829 - 515 Seiten
...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... | |
 | John Bunyan, Robert Southey - 1830 - 411 Seiten
...human industry, or only by the talk of them, o BRAVE Talk. All that I know very well ; for a TALKATIVE. man can receive nothing, except it be given him from...grace, not of works : I could give you an hundred scriptures for the confirmation of this. Well then, said Faithful, what is that one thing that we shall... | |
 | Edward Bickersteth - 1830 - 362 Seiten
...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.... | |
 | Edward Fisher - 1830 - 418 Seiten
...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;... | |
 | Matson Vincent - 1830 - 419 Seiten
...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,... | |
 | John Bunyan - 1831
...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 very well. For a man can reeeive nothing, except it be given him from heaven : all is of grace, not of works. I could give you... | |
 | James Fisher - 1831
...imports that our receiving of Christ, is founded on ,the gift and grant that is made of him in the word; for, "a man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven," John iii. 27. Q. 27. What is included in their eating the bread, and drinking the wine? A. It includes,... | |
 | John Davenant, Josiah Allport - 1831
...creatures.^ • Or by wisdom imparted from above, according to John Baptist's declaration, John iii. 27, " A man can receive nothing except it be given him from heaven;" and our Lord's to his disciples, Matlh. xiii. 1 1, •• It is given unto you to know the mysteries... | |
 | John Whitecross - 1831 - 288 Seiten
...honor him. Have you ever studied that text hrother — ' He must increase, but I must decrease?' ' A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.' " Chap, iv, ver. 6, 7. — Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey,... | |
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Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. 
