 | Jacob Duché - 1779 - 452 pages
...LIGHTS, WITH WHOM " IS NO VARIABLENESS, NEITHER " SHADOW OF TURNING. OF HIS " OWN WILL BEGAT HE US WITH " THE WORD OF TRUTH, THAT WE " SHOULD BE A KIND OF FIRST "FRUITS OF HIS CREATURES. " WHEREFORE, MY BELOVED BRE" THREN, LET EVERY MAN BE " SWIFT TO HEAR, SLOW TO SPEAK, "SLOW TO WRATH:... | |
 | Alexander Macwhorter - 1803 - 488 pages
...word of God which liveth and " iibidbtlv forever." And elsewherc,. " Of his own will begat he " us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits, *' of his creatures." And our Saviour says, " Sanctify them by " tby truth, for tby word is truth.." Thus it appears, in... | |
 | John Smalley - 1803 - 448 pages
...to live to his glory. Remember the words of the apostle James ; " Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures." SERMON XV. ON THE DOcTRINE OF PERSONAL ELEcTION. ROMANS XI. 5. Even to then, at this present time alto,... | |
 | Herman Witsius - 1803 - 476 pages
...excellent life. For thus James saith, chap. i. 18. " of his own will begat he us with the word ot" truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures." It is therefore proper, we proceed from the subject of effectual calling, to that of regeneration.... | |
 | Abner Kneeland - 1804 - 416 pages
...lights, Avith whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. Of his own will begat he us, with the word of truth, that we should- be a. kind of first fruits of his creatures. -v- Put on therefore (a the elect of God, holy and beloved) bowels o. mercies, kindness, humbleness... | |
 | Abner Kneeland - 1804 - 462 pages
...lights,wr.:i whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. Of his own will begat he us, with ths word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures. v Put on therefore (.".a the elect of God, holy and beloved) bowels cf mercies, kindness, humbleness... | |
 | Samuel Eyles Pierce - 1804 - 320 pages
...lights, with whom is no " variablenefs, neither shadow of turn" ing. Of his own will begat he us " with the word of truth, that we should "be a kind of first fruits of his crea" turesV It is attributed to Christ by the apostle John', " If ye know that he " is righteous,... | |
 | Timothy Kenrick - 1805 - 396 pages
...him." Of the Christian Jews he says, including himself in the number, "of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures" ie of those who profess the Gospel. The 'anguage of the apostle James is similar : " of his own will... | |
 | 1806 - 658 pages
...from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change or shadow of alteration. * For of his own free will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of first-fruit of his creatures. This you know, dearly beloved. And let every man be... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - 1807 - 550 pages
...incorruptible, by the word of God which liveth and abideth for ever. James i. 8. Of his own will begat he us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures. 2 Pet. i. 3. God hath begotten us to a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Lukexx. 36.... | |
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Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first• fruits of... 
