...but " the Scrip* npled on his desire ; " for it said, " It is not of him that had faith, ture tramp 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...

...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 hath mercy, so that every mouth that speaketh vain things may be stopped, and man be wholly subject...

...careful to act with circnmspection. When at Monthly Meeting this passage was sweetly brought to mind, ' Not of him that willeth, or of him that runneth, but of God who sho we th mercy.'" " Seventh month. — Oh, that I may not be permitted to make unnecessary excuses,...

...God in doing right, he enforced pure grace as the source of salvation. Grace in its sovereignty, " not of him that willeth, or of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy :" grace in its freeness, offered to all without money and without price ; grace...

...nature is sufficient alone to enable men to obey the law, not attending to the scripture ? ' It is not of him that willeth, or of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy ; and we are not sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves.' We beseech you to observe...

...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.'2 As self-moved agents, for whom alone exist all the predicaments of merit and...

...talking one time with mother, who had been brought up in the Baptist faith, she told me that it was not of him that willeth or of him that runneth but of God that sheweth mercy and that there was more blood shed for some than others. With this I saw that, evidently, unless God...

...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...

...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,...

...mercy" (Ephes. ii. 4), benignly speed this restoration of the human race in Jesus Christ, for "it is not of him that willeth, or of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy'' (Rom. ix., 16). And let us, venerable brothers, "in the spirit of humility," with...