| 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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