 | John Tillotson - 1757 - 482 sayfa
...did at its firft fetting out fo ftrangely preyail in the world, againft all human probability; " not by might, nor by power; but by the Spirit " of the LORD." No man can well fuppofe a religion in circumftances of greater difadvantage, and upon all human accounts,... | |
 | Samuel Rutherford - 1765 - 566 sayfa
...but the high places of their fathers, and the remnants of Babylon's pollutions; and .except that, not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord ; I ihould think, God hath not yet thought it time for England's deliverance : for the truth is, the... | |
 | John Tillotson (abp. of Canterbury.) - 1772 - 458 sayfa
...accomplifhed, by the wonderful progrefs of the gofpel, and fpeedy downfal of idolatry in the world, not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord. The acknowledgment of Porphyry, that bitter enemy of Chrifiianity, as it is reported to us by Eufebius,... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1776 - 582 sayfa
...•raifed towards the Lord : I faw it was good to follow duty, and truft God ; and that it is " not by might nor .by power," but by the " Spirit" of the Lord, things are got comfortably done. On the zift I went to Stenton, where that night, in meditation, I... | |
 | John Wesley - 1785 - 718 sayfa
...find their fouls incxpreffibly dear to me ; but was I not kept thankfully confcious, that it is not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord, I fhonld fink at the thought of having them to watch over. O, who knows the worth of fouls ! Wha can... | |
 | Ambrose Serle - 1792 - 236 sayfa
...Thought, that any Thing can be done by their Wifdom and Strength, confeffing, that it fucceeds not by Might, nor by Power, but by the Spirit of the Lord of Hofts. They freely own, and fenfibly feel, with the Apoftle, that they are nothing ; that all the... | |
 | 1815 - 436 sayfa
...themselves — by a deep sense of weakness— by a conviction that their safety is to be secured, not by "might nor by power,'' but by the "Spirit" of" the Lord." Let us remember, that when in Scripture we are encouraged to be strong, it is to "be strong in the... | |
 | John Owen - 1810 - 370 sayfa
....notwithstanding the strongest opposition, that it might be evident to all that the work was effected, ' not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord.' i'.ech. iv. 6. CHAPTER V. •>.. v The Manner of the Dispensation of the Holy Spirit. BEFORE we treat... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1812 - 520 sayfa
...trespasses and sins, and such cannot difference themselves. 2. Positively. We may say in this case, ' Not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord.' It is the Spirit of the Lord, accompanying the call of the word, that makes it effectual, John vi.... | |
 | Alexander Proudfit - 1813 - 414 sayfa
...reflection, my conscience bears me witness, that I would most willingly employ it : .But it is neither "by might, nor by power, but by the spirit of the Lord of hosts," and to Ids sovereign blessmg I Ilot-vVfcossro^vl.j^i. — In order to impress this truth... | |
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... but by the Spirit of the Lord of hosts, that the world is to be overcome, and the kingdom of righteousness and peace established. 
