| John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806 - 510 pages
...leafon, and that they ought till then not to attempt it. Which is further confirmed 2 Cor. i, 24, " Not that we have dominion over your faith, but are...conftraining power over faith or confcience, much leis have ordinary minifters, i Pet. v, 2, 3, " Feed the flock of God, &c. not by conftraint, neither... | |
| Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. - 1806 - 508 pages
...lo He to the Holy Ghoft, and to keep batk part of the price of the land ? c 1 Cor. 1 . 24. Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy. Mat. 23. y. d Deut. 32. 15. Then he forfook God that made him, and lightly eftecmed the nick of his... | |
| Hugh Gaston - Bible - 1807 - 550 pages
...sins ye retain, they are retained. 1 Cor. ix. 18. I abuse not my power in the gospel. 2 Cor. i. 24. Not that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy. x. 8. Our authority the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for destruction. 1 Pet. v. 3. Neither... | |
| Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 582 pages
...Apostolical authority amongst you, in such severity, as would have seemed very harsh unto you. I. 24 Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy : for by faith ye stand. But, when I speak of sparing you, let no man think that we meant ever so to... | |
| Joseph Milner - Church history - 1809 - 492 pages
...you came not to be ministered unto, but to minister. A genuine successor of Paul will say with him, ' Not that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy.'* Peter's successor will hear Peter's voice, ' not as lords over God's heritage, but as ensamples to... | |
| Church of Scotland - Presbyterianism - 1810 - 636 pages
...That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God; 2 Cor. i. 24. Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy ; for by faith ye stand. V. fLuke xii. 13. And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my... | |
| Johnson Grant - Great Britain - 1811 - 528 pages
...is no doubt to be attended to ; but they ought not to advance a claim of perfect infallibi. lity : " not that we have dominion over your faith ; but are helpers of your joy." (2 Cor. i. 24.) Christ, to use the words of our Catechism, hath , ordained only TWO SACRAMENTS in his... | |
| Edward Davies - 1811 - 438 pages
...soul, that, TO SPARE YOU, I came not, as yet, unto Corinth. And to this he immediately adds — Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy : for, in the faith ye have stood. This is as much as if he had said — I have delayed coming to Corinth,... | |
| William Findley - Christianity and politics - 1812 - 380 pages
...already prescribed. This the divinely inspired apostle of the Gentiles has declared (1 Cor. i. 24.) "not that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy," &c. If this is the language of the great apostle Paul, by what authority did the emperors or councils... | |
| John Locke - 1812 - 516 pages
...I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you, I came not as yet unto Corinth. 24 Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy ; for, by faith, ye stand. II. 1 But I determined this with myself, that I would not com* again to... | |
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