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" Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament ; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. "
Letters to an Anxious Inquirer: Designed to Relieve the Difficulties of a ... - Page 203
by Thomas Charlton Henry - 1833 - 290 pages
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The Creeds of Christendom: With a History and Critical Notes, Vol III

Philip Schaff - Church history - 1877 - 948 pages
...natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit,' etc. (1 Cor. ii. 14). The same Paul elsewhere denies that we are 'sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves' (2 Cor. iii. 5). Now, it is evident that the mind or understanding is the guide of the will ; and,...
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Christ Knocking at the Door of Sinners' Hearts: Or, A Solemn Entreaty to ...

John Flavel - Conversion - 1689 - 412 pages
...To all this must be added the poieerful drawings of the Spirit, by which the will comes to Christ. " No man can come unto me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him." John 6 : 44. When these things are felt on the soul, it hears Christ's voice, his powerful...
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The Child's companion

1799 - 396 pages
...own ways. Turn "gain to the Gospel of St. John, find the sixth chapter and the forty-fourth verse, "No man can come unto me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him." It is Christ who say3 these words. We cannot come unto him of ourselves ; and it is because...
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Village sermons

George Burder - 1835 - 654 pages
...religious duties. " Without me," said Christ, "ye can do nothing :" and St. Paul says, " We are not sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves ; but our sufficiency is of God ;" that is, we have it by actual supplies of the Holy Ghost. Christ is present, by his Spirit,...
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The warrant and nature of faith in Christ considered

Thomas Scott - 1801 - 138 pages
...forming our judgment on this subject, let us next consider the following words of our blessed Saviour, " No man can come unto me, except the Father which " hath sent me, draw him :" — " It is written in the " prophets, And they shall all be taught of God." " Eve"...
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The Christian guardian (and Church of England magazine).

1842
...can be found more completely self-renouncing in this respect, than the declaration of St. Paul? " Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves : but our sufficiency is of God.'' (2 Cor. iii. 5.) The right way to view a Christian, is, to regard him as a man whose wisdom...
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The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: Translated Out of ...

1802 - 374 pages
...God ; not in tables of stone, but in fleshly tables trust have we through Christ to God- ward : s Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves ; but our sufficiency isof God ; 6 Who.also hath made us able ministers of the new testament ; not of the letter, but of...
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The Works of the Rev. P. Doddridge, Volume 2

Philip Doddridge - Theology - 1803 - 666 pages
...easily have removed it. — Those other words of our Lord nuist not be omitted here, in which he says, No man can come unto me, except the Father, which hath sent me, draw him^ ; And what this drawing of the Father means, he himself has explained by saying, No man...
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The works of... P. Doddridge [ed. by E. Williams and E. Parsons ..., Volume 2

Philip Doddridge - 1803 - 676 pages
...easily have removed it. — Those other words of our Lord must not be omitted here, in which he says, No man can come unto me, except the Father, which hath sent me, drawhim^ ; And what this drawing of the Father means, he himself has explained by saying, No man...
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The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments : Translated ..., Volume 4

1804 - 476 pages
...stone, but in fleshly tables of the heart. 4 And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward : 5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves ; but our sufficiency is of God ; 6 Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament ; rot of the letter, but of the...
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