...willing to grant the requests which we present unto him. " He that cometh unto God, must " believe that he is, and that he is the rewarder " of them that diligently seek him."1 It is therefore evident that all who deny the particular providential government of God ; and...

...would remain for prayer? The humble and faithful suppliant, coming to God with a firm belief, that Tie is, and that he is the Rewarder of them that diligently seek him, might find the manner of his praying, the spirit with which he prayed, and his prayers themselves,...

...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 dili" gently seek him."* Hence it must follow, either that none but the regenerate are capable even...

...clearly implied in the declaration of the apostle, " He that cometh to God must believe that // it, and that he is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him," as if there could be no acceptable worship without such belief." The author here goes on to show that...

...existence. But " 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." To complete the moral character of faith, he in the first verse lays it down as an essential property...

...mind suitably impressed, both with the greatness and goodness of that infinite Being. He must believe that he is, and that he is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him a. He must be deeply affected with his own frailty, guilt and unworthiness, with his absolute and entire...

...capable of the same proof, and yet the apostle mentions them as objects of faith, ver, 6. " Without faith it is impossible to please God ; for he that...is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him." The perfections of God may be proved from the nature and reason of things, Rom. i. 20. " The invisible...

...without faith it is impossible to please God ; for he that cometh to God must believe that he ?.v, and that he is the rewarder of them that diligently...him. Faith, in its first and simple sense, is assent lo probable evidence. Few of the propositions, to which we assent, arc known to us, either by intuition...

...defmition of faith it will be seen, agrees with that of the Apostle : " He that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him." a When by the Holy Spirit, the affections of the heart are changed, the darkness of the rnind removed,...

..." Without faith (or belief) it is impossible to please God : for he that cometh to him must believe that he is, and that he is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him"." This is so agreeable to common sense, that no argument can be required to make it clearer. The natural...