 | William Dodd - 1828 - 522 pages
...Which were born, not of blood, nor of 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... | |
 | Questions - 1828 - 184 pages
...Knowledge alone, or knowledge which is not founded in humility and the love of God, " puffeth up" — " a man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven." f Let us, in the first place seek that the love of God may abide in our hearts, then let us wait the... | |
 | Thomas Charlton Henry - 1829 - 356 pages
...the 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 - Christian life - 1829 - 544 pages
...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 - Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages - 1829 - 256 pages
...to them by human industry, or only by the talk of them. Talkative. 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 an hundred scriptures for the confirmation of this.... | |
 | Edward Fisher - Antinomianism - 1830 - 432 pages
...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 - Sermons, English - 1830 - 448 pages
...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,... | |
 | Edward Bickersteth - Annotations (Provenance) - 1830 - 368 pages
...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.... | |
 | John Davenant, Josiah Allport - Bible - 1831 - 656 pages
...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... | |
 | 1832 - 488 pages
...On this fact the Editor has the following judicious remarks : — 11 How apt are we to forget that ' a man can receive nothing except it be given him from heaven ;' (John iii, 27 ;) and that even the eyes of Apostles were held, that they could not discern (until... | |
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Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. 
