To as many as receive him, to them gives he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe in his name. Annual Report - Page 40by American Tract Society (Boston, Mass.) - 1867Full view - About this book
| Daniel Wilcox - Sermons, English - 1744 - 454 pages
...his brethren, among whom be is the firft-born. They are owned for his fake by the fame Father : to as many as receive him, to them gives he power to become the fons of God, even to them that believe in his name : and if children then heirs, heirs of God, and... | |
| Henry Foster - Execution sermons - 1777 - 36 pages
...gift, and received only by faith in. Jefus Cbrrft, as the Son of God and the Savior of fmners : For as many as receive him, to them gives he power to become the fons of God, even ta them that believe on his name. If this bleffing •forere only granted to the... | |
| Robert Walker - Sermons - 1796 - 428 pages
...enjoyment, and the fanctified ufe of it. This is the peculiar privilege of believers in Chrift Jefus ; for " as many as receive, him, to " them gives he power to become the fons. " of God, even to them that believe in his " name." And as the Apoftle Paul reafons, " If children,... | |
| Thomas Wood - 1805 - 296 pages
...becoming the fons of God, are aftually given forth from Chrift, to them who receive and believe in him. As many as receive him, to them gives he power to become the fons of God, even to them that believe on his name\. So that they who are the children of God, are... | |
| Thomas Secker (abp. of Canterbury.) - 1810 - 360 pages
...for our Head, and becoming his Members, in fuch manner as you have heard briefly explained. For to at many as receive him, to them gives he Power to become the Sons of God, even fe them that Jieliew m his Name 9 . Being therefore thus united to him, who is in the higtreft... | |
| William Duke - Theology, Doctrinal - 1811 - 166 pages
...Chrill ; and we are rendered capable of it by taking Him for our Head, and becoming his members. * " As many as receive Him, to them gives He power to become' the fons of GOD, even to them that believe in his name." — Being, therefore, thus united to Chrirt, we... | |
| Robert Walker, Hugh Blair - Presbyterian Church - 1816 - 488 pages
...enjoyment, and the sanctified use of it. This is the peculiar privilege of believers in Christ Jesus ; for " as many as receive him, to them gives he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe in his name." And as the apostle Paul reasons, If children, then are... | |
| Isabella Graham - Christian biography - 1816 - 428 pages
...sinner's offer, and secured to him simply upon his accepting. It is the divine appointment, that to as many as receive him, to them gives he power to become the sons of God. But the gift must first be received by the sinner, as a sinner — then the promise follows, or... | |
| Edward Cooper - Sermons, English - 1818 - 384 pages
...Have we Faith in Jesus Christ ? None can truly believe in Him; who are not born of God : while " to as many as receive Him, to them gives He power to become the Sons of God." So that Faith in Christ is at once an evidence of our Regeneration, as well as a proof of our... | |
| Edward Cooper - Sermons, English - 1818 - 362 pages
...offer. ' I make no objection on my part. I receive « Christ as my Saviour.' And "to as many as thus receive him, to them gives he power to become the Sons of God." — Faith in Christ is sometimes described by looking unto Him. And this expression conveys a... | |
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