...instruction, and opportunities of improvement, which have been respectively afforded them; " If there be a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that a man hath not (e)." And, therefore, though all the actions of all persons, who have not been brought...

...that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have. For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted...hath, and not according to that he hath not". As it is written, He that had gathereth much, had nothing over ; and he that had gathered little, had no...

...according to the ability, is equally applicable to the whole of our duties, of every description. ' For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted...man hath, and not according to that he hath not.' The service can plead no merit, and advance no claims; for even the Psalmist said, 64 ' My goodness...

...goes to increase the fund, it brings down a blessing upon himself and family. The apostle says — "For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted...man hath, and not according to that he hath not." — If God should chasten us for our sins, what could prevent a similar national judgment ? The heaven...

...which they acted. A similar C decision is given, 2 Cor. viii. 12. where the apostle declares, that, " if there be first a willing mind, it " is accepted...hath, and «« not according to that he hath not." This too is the plain import of the direction in his first epistle to the Corinthians, chap. xvi. 1,...

...which they acted. A similar decision is given, 2 Cor. viii. 12. where the apostle declares, that, " if there be first a willing mind, it " is accepted...that a man hath, and " not according to that he hath hot." This too is the plain import of the direction in his first epistle to the Corinthians, chap....

...Thee that Thou mayest be feared"— yes, held in awe, and not trifled with. Blessed balance of truth! "For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted...a man hath, and not according to that he hath not" (2 Cor. 8:12): upon which Matthew Henry's commentary says: "The willing mind is accepted when accompanied...

...indeed." (John 8:36) OUR ATTITUDE TOWARD OUR "CALLING" A changed life is the result of a changed heart. "For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted...man hath, and not according to that he hath not." (2 Corinthians 8:12) Attitude An attitude is an inward feeling expressed outwardly. It is defined as...

...5:3, 4. The saints referred to are Chrysostom and Augustine; in Thomas Aquinas Catena aurea (XI, 55). there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath" 10 — "accepted," that is, meritorious. 15. Moreover, if this choice to be lacking in temporal goods...

...elfe, yet a good will fufficeth, which God accountethfor the deed-, for, as the Apoftle faith, the will is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that which he hath not. And Gregory faith, The hand it never empty of a gift, if the chefl ef the heart...