 | Mary Martha Sherwood, Mrs. Sherwood (Mary Martha) - Christian education - 1818 - 248 pages
...things not seen; that, by which the saints of old obtained a good report; that, wit limit which, it is impossible to please God: for he that Cometh to God,...is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him." (Hebrews xi.) They now asked Goonafa Purist if he were willing to be baptized. To which he answered,... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - Clergy - 1818 - 650 pages
...necessary Faith it to acceptance with God. St. Paul declares, that without faith it is impossible to pleast God ; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is the rtwarder of them that diligently seek him. Faith, in its first and simple sense, is assent to probable... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - Theology, Doctrinal - 1818 - 632 pages
...James ii. 23. Without faith it is impossible to please Him : for he that cometh to God must believe, that he is, and that he is the rewarder, of them that diligently seek him. Heb. xi. 6. Believe in the Lord your God ; so shall ye be established. 2 Chron. ii. 20. Who by him,... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1819 - 780 pages
...the exercise of prayer, " must" (in order to have good ground to hope for its acceptance) "believe that he is, and that he is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him," so must the man who would derive beneficial knowledge from the Scriptures, give them some credit in... | |
 | Thomas Scott - 1819 - 164 pages
...God. But " without faith it is impossible to please him; " for he that cometh unto God must believe " that he is, and that he is the rewarder of them " that diligently seek himj." Hence it must follow, either that none but the regenerate are capable even of that lowest exercise... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1819 - 708 pages
...exercise of prayer, " must" (in order to have good ground lo hope for it* acceptance) "believe that he ii, and that he is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him," so must the man who would derive beneficial knowledge from the Scriptures, give them some credit in... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - Congregational churches - 1821 - 406 pages
...we are encouraged to draw near to him, and excited to obey him. " He who cometh to God, must believe that he is, and that he is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him." It is the goodness of God which leads us to repentance. It is by the mercy of God that we are persuaded... | |
 | Willis Harris - Methodist Church - 1821 - 344 pages
...or how he exists, or form any adequate ideas of infinity or eternity ? It is enough for us to know that he is, and that he is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him. When he reveals this to us, he surely requires nothing unreasonable, when he commands us to worship... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - Congregational churches - 1821 - 410 pages
...we are encouraged to draw near to him, and excited to obey him. " He who cometh to God, must believe that he is, and that he is the rewarder of them that dilrgently seek him." It is the goodness of God which leads us to repentance. It is by the mercy of... | |
 | Mary Anne Davis - 1822 - 134 pages
...God must (m) Psalm xxxvii. 5. (o) Heb. xiii. 6. (n) Deut. xxxiii. 27. (a) Isaiah xxxvii. 16. believe that he is, and that he is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him (b). Lord, increase my faith (c) : that faith which has its fruits unto holiness, and the end everlasting... | |
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God ; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him. 
