 If, then, the kingdom of Christ is strictly spiritual, if the subjects of it are " born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God," if they are not to say within themselves, " We have Abraham to our father," because...  Eight Views of Baptism: Or, Internal Evidences of Adult Baptism, Being a ... - ˹éÒ 22â´Â William Hague - 1836 - 80 ˹éÒÁØÁÁͧ·Ñé§àÅèÁ - à¡ÕèÂǡѺ˹ѧÊ×ÍàÅèÁ¹Õé
 | Charles Drelincourt - 1824 - 654 ˹éÒ
...not, out of a sinful distrust of providence, who shall succeed you in the conduct of your army. He who is able of the very stones to raise up children unto Abraham, Matth. iii. 9, can also raise up from thence captains and soldiers. Whenheplenseth to bumble the pride... | |
 | George Augustus Selwyn (bp. of Lichfield.) - 1843
...administration of the world, the means employed often bear no visible proportion to the object to be attained. God is able of the very stones to raise up children unto Abraham. In the creation, it was only His word that said — Let there be light : and there was light The first... | |
 | Milo Parker Jewett - 1845 - 132 ˹éÒ
...are not to say within themselves,'We have. Abraham to our father, because God is able of the. yery stones to raise up children unto Abraham,' -* then,...it only by ties of natural or civil relationship! Whai a confounding is this of the relations of nature and of grace, of the claims of the flesh and... | |
 | Richard Twopeny - 1848 - 62 ˹éÒ
...unto this very day, and all we who are called by the name of Christ, form a part of it; for God, who is able of the very stones to raise up children unto Abraham, has expressly declared, that " they which are of the faith, the same are the children of Abraham" (Gal.... | |
 | Freeborn Garretson Hibbard - 1851 - 546 ˹éÒ
...of the will of man, but of God •;' if they are not to say within themselves, We have Abraham for our father, because God is able, of the very stones, to raise up children untd Abraham,—then how incongruous is it with the nature of that kingdom, to give one of its sealing... | |
 | Barton Bouchier - 1852 - 336 ˹éÒ
...worthy ; but is " the Most High limited" in His resources ? As John said to the Jews, " I tell you that God is able of the very stones to raise up children unto Abraham ;" so, from the very lanes and hedgerows, and highways and by-ways of human life, wherever souls are... | |
 | Milo Parker Jewett - 1858 - 120 ˹éÒ
...the Son is King in Zion, and wields a mighty sceptre, yet he rules by,a spiritual, not a civil, sway. If, then, the kingdom of Christ is strictly spiritual;...can furnish no evidence of a spiritual regeneration, arid who are connected with the subjects of it only by ties of natural or civil relationship! Whai... | |
 | 1918 - 668 ˹éÒ
...true repentance. Lineal descent from Abraham affords no certainty of exemption from condemnation, for God is able of the very stones to raise up children unto Abraham. And even now is the axe laid at the root of the trees, for there cometh a mightier one who shall baptize... | |
 | Charles Porterfield Krauth - 1871 - 862 ˹éÒ
...of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God." With God all things are possible. " God is able of the very stones to raise up children unto Abraham ; " and if of the hard rock we tread upon, He could make tender and faithful hearts, who shall attempt... | |
 | Charles Porterfield Krauth - 1872 - 894 ˹éÒ
...not of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God." With God all things are possible. "God is able of the very stones to raise up children unto Abraham ;" and if of the hard rock we tread upon, He could make tender and faithful hearts, who shall attempt... | |
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