 | John Wesley - 1839 - 810 pages
...light is come into the world, and men love" (or choose) "darkness rather than light," John iii, 19. " How can ye believe, who receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh of God ?" verse 44. Observe the reason why they could not believe : it is not in God, but in... | |
 | John Wesley - 1840 - 566 pages
...imagine that these men had ever heard of Jesus Christ or his apostles ; or that they knew who it was that said, " How can ye believe who receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour which cometh of God only ?" But if this be really so, if it be impossible to believe, and consequently... | |
 | University of Oxford - 1840 - 756 pages
...good man, when praised, trembles, lest the judgment of GOD should be different. And our SAVIOUR has said, " How can ye believe who receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour which cometh of GOD only." And yet we have in this case GOD calling us on, through the medium of parents... | |
 | Joshua William Brooks - 1840 - 876 pages
...properly belong to man? First, the king is the fountain of all honour: whereas the Scripture saith, "How can ye believe, who receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour which cometh from God only?" Secondly, the king can do no wrong: whereas the Scripture saith, "If we... | |
 | John Jefferson (of Stoke Newington.) - 1841 - 162 pages
...should you seek to provide another ? III. A third class of difficulties flows from the fear of man. " How can ye believe who receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour which comcth from God only ?" You would believe and obey the gospel; but you are ashamed to let it... | |
 | 1884 - 656 pages
...countenance, and his sermon was a very thoughtful, practical discourse founded on the words of our Lord, " How can ye believe, who receive honour one of another, and seek not the glory which cometh from the only God?" There was nothing " churchy" in the sermon ; it showed knowledge... | |
 | Reconciler, Robert Weaver - 1841 - 432 pages
...persons not believing. " How can ye believe,' " says he to the Pharisees that would not receive him, "who receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only ?" And, on another occasion, we are told by the Evangelist John, that "among the... | |
 | 1842 - 538 pages
...always those things which please him.' • How can ye believe,' said he to those who rejected him, ' who receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only ?' And in the true spirit of his Master, the apostle Paul declares, ' With me... | |
 | Ralph Wardlaw - 1843 - 308 pages
...the operation of moral causes, — especially, to their "love of this present world" — Verse 44, "How can ye believe, who receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only ?" — This illustration, therefore, of the identity of unwillingness and inability,... | |
 | William Sewel - 1844 - 448 pages
...which the proud looked for, without seeking the honor which came from God alone; that it was an honor invented by men in the fall, who therefore were offended...good Christians ; whereas Christ himself said, "How ran ye believe, who receive honor of one another, and seek not the honor that cometh from God only?"... | |
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