 | Episcopal Church - 1822 - 444 pages
...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 his creatures. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath ; for... | |
 | Thomas Scott - 1822 - 70 pages
...1—7. Comp. Luke xxii.22. * 1 Pet. ii. 7— 10. '* 1 Thefc. v.9. " Of hit own mill, begat he us with the word of truth .; that " we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures."1 And our Lord himself says, " My sheep hear my voice, and " I know them, and they follow... | |
 | Thom Scott - 1823 - 586 pages
...our Lord " Jesus Christ.";}: Thus likewise says another apostle, " Of his own will begat he us with the " word of truth ; that we should be a kind of first " fruits of his creatures.''^ And our Lord himself says, " My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, •' and they follow me ; and... | |
 | John William Cunningham - 1823 - 378 pages
...thus wrought by the power and grace of our heavenly Father, it is said, " Of his own will begat he us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruit of his creatures. " Ye are born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by... | |
 | 1823 - 880 pages
...Corinthians, ' I have begotten, you through the Gospel.' ' Of his own will/ says St. James, ' begat he us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his créatures.' We are ' born again,' says St. Peter, ' not of corruptible seed, but... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1824 - 602 pages
...speaking of himself, and of the churches to whom he wrote, says, ' Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures,' James i. 18. St. Peter writes to the churches in Pontus, &c. ' Elect according to the foreknowledge... | |
 | 1824 - 412 pages
...may all say of the Father of lights, with 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." The truly pious are therefore the children of God, in a higher and more endearing sense than others... | |
 | Thom Scott - 1824 - 622 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."1 " Of his own will he begat us." 2 Let the reader compare this with the words of the evangelist... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1825 - 630 pages
...hath quickened us together with Christ (by grace are ye saved), 5. Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures. Jam. i. 18. 6 Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, Theseventh year, the... | |
 | 1825 - 556 pages
...18), speaking of the first converts in the apostolic age, says, " 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 should at any period to the end of the world be created anew in Christ Jesus. In like... | |
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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... 
