 | Martin Luther - Lutheran Church - 1824 - 588 pages
...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.... | |
 | John Newton, Richard Cecil - Theology - 1824 - 738 pages
...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... | |
 | Bible - 1824 - 462 pages
...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.... | |
 | William Carpenter - Bible - 1825 - 572 pages
...neither shall it bt for thine honour from the LOK D God, 2 Chron. xivi. 18. John answered and said, A man can receive nothing except it be given him from heaven, John in. £7. VER. 5. OUT» nal i Xpiiraç où^ iavrôv iíó£as-¡ ytunSmm àf^itfia, «?.>.' ó... | |
 | George Townsend - 1825 - 680 pages
...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... | |
 | Thomas Williams (Calvinist preacher) - 1825 - 972 pages
...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.... | |
 | Martin Luther - 1826 - 1226 pages
...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 receive it upon the grounds of his own worthiness or... | |
 | First Society of Adherents to Divine Revelation at Orbiston - 1826 - 298 pages
...reveals it to us. This every true believer knows ; and this is the only meaning of such passages, a* " a man can receive nothing except it be given him from heaven." Then opened he their understanding to understand the scriptures, ie, to see and to believe what is... | |
 | Martin Luther - Theology - 1826 - 646 pages
...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 receive it upon the grounds of his own worthiness or... | |
 | Thomas Shaw B. Reade - 1827 - 484 pages
...words of eternal life." This entire surrender of the heart to God, is the work of the Spirit ; for " a man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven." Nothing short of this will bring us to glory. Nothing short of this can give true assurance, peace,... | |
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Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. 
