 | Ralph Wardlaw - Trinity - 1816 - 510 pages
...high, thou hast led captivity captive, thou hast received " gifts for men." — Eph. iv. 7, 8. " But unto every one of " us is given grace, according to...Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on " high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men." — According to the Psalmist, it was GOD, JEHOVAH,... | |
 | Isabella Graham - Christian biography - 1816 - 428 pages
...faith, one baptism, one God and Father of ail, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. But unto every one of us is given Grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. Tliat we may grow up into him in all things which is the head, even Christ : From whom the... | |
 | Jean Calvin - Reformed Church - 1816 - 580 pages
...calls our attention to the offices which he employs. There is " one Lord," he says, " in you all. But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. And he gave some, apostles; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers." (y)... | |
 | Church of England, Sir John Bayley - 1816 - 738 pages
...When " he ascended up on high, he led «* captivity captive, and gave gifts 9. " unto men." (Now (b)> that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the i o. lower parts of the earth ? He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens,... | |
 | Daniel Whitby - Arminianism - 1816 - 488 pages
...our conversation in the icorld, and more especially towards you.' p To the Ephesians thus, 'to reerii one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift tf Christ. 'g And St. Peter speaketh thus, ' as every- one hath received the gift, so minister the... | |
 | Thomas Belsham - Unitarianism - 1817 - 384 pages
...active persevering benevolence, it is unnecessary to remark. It speaks for itself. XIV. Ephes. iv. 9. " Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth ?" " That is," says archbishop Newcome, " he descended into the grave." Psalm Ixiii. 9, " They that... | |
 | Legh Richmond - Suffering - 1817 - 726 pages
...and Father, that he may receive the heavenly inheritance, promised to obedient children. Ver. 7—10. Unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. T/ierefore, saith he, he is gone tip on high, and hath led atvay captivity captive, and... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1817 - 568 pages
...even as ye are cnlledjin one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism," &c. — " But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ." God may dispense in this matter according to what rule lie pleases, not the less for what... | |
 | George Horne, William Jones - Theology - 1818 - 550 pages
...one, who considers the force and consequence of the apostle's citation from it, Ephes. iv. 7, 8. " Unto " every one of us is given grace, according to...Wherefore he " saith, When he ascended up on high, he led cap" tivity captive, and gave gifts unto men." The sixty-ninth Psalm is five times referred to... | |
 | Samuel Chapman Loveland - Congregational churches - 1818 - 250 pages
...to the subject under consideration ? What shall we think of the following passages ? "Now, that h,c ascended; what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth ?" "Jfe that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens that he might fill all... | |
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