 | James Anthony Froude - 1880 - 208 pages
...knew that he longed to be elected, but " the Scripture trampled on his desire ;" for it said, " It is not of him that willeth, or of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy ;" therefore, unless God had chosen him, his labour was in vain. The devil saw his opportunity ; the... | |
 | Thomas Witherow - Presbyterian Church - 1880 - 392 pages
...serve the younger. Ver. 13. As it is written, Jacob have I loved, and Esau have I hated. Ver. 16. It is not of him that willeth, or of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy. Ver. 18. He hath mercy on whom He will have mercy, and whom He will He hardeneth.... | |
 | 1880 - 966 pages
...the Lord," is the language of his deepest experience as well as the testimony of the Word. " It is not of him that willeth, or of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy." If we work out our own salvation, it is He that worketh in us both to will and... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - English prose literature - 1880 - 352 pages
...abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, and calls things that are not as though they were. ' It is not of him that willeth or of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy.' As moral agents, for whom alone exist all the predicaments of merit and demerit,... | |
 | Thomas Witherow - Presbyterian Church - 1880 - 392 pages
...serve the younger. Ver. 13. As it is written, Jacob have I loved, and Esau have I hated. Ver. 16. It is not of him that willeth, or of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy. Ver. 18. He hath mercy on whom He will have mercy, and whom He will He hardeneth.... | |
 | Bible - 1881 - 676 pages
...insurrection are sometimes a people's highest duty. Lessons: — 1. The blessing of the covenant is not of him that willeth or of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy. 2. Those who despise God's salvation in youth cannot always obtain it in manhood... | |
 | Edward Jewitt Robinson - 1882 - 284 pages
...there is no difference between me and the vilest of the vile but what grace has made, and that it is not of him that willeth, or of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy. Oh ! what compassion, what love does this inspire me with towards poor sinners... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - Church of England - 1883 - 428 pages
...abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, and calls things that are not as though they were. " It is not of him that willeth or of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy."1 As moral agents, for whom alone exist all the predicaments of merit and demerit,... | |
 | James Bowling Mozley - History - 1883 - 436 pages
...have done neither good nor evil ; that it is not of works, but of Him that calleth ; and that it is not of him that willeth or of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy; that it is clay of the same lump of which some vessels are made to honour, and... | |
 | Thomas (a Kempis.) - Devotional exercises - 1883 - 216 pages
...benefit, which is not given to all, but to those for whom it is prepared of the FATHER, since it is not of him that willeth or of him that runneth, but of GOD that showeth mercy, so that every mouth that speaketh vain things may be stopped, and every man be... | |
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It is not of him that willeth or of him that runneth, but of the mercy of unknown superior economic powers... 
