 | John Tillotson - 1757 - 482 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 - 610 pàgines
...heavenly, and 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 arft I went to Stenton, where that night, in meditation, I... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1776 - 582 pàgines
...heavenly, and •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 pàgines
...continue. 1 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 pàgines
...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 Good,... | |
 | Ralph Erskine - 1796 - 530 pàgines
...efficiency of the holy Spirit of God ; the fanctifving Spirit. Art, nature, education, can do nothing here ; it is not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of God, i Cor. vi. n. 3. We may view it in the fubjact of it, and that is the believer in Chrifl, his... | |
 | 1815 - 436 pàgines
...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... | |
 | 1807 - 682 pàgines
...омг state, internal and external. The cause is muting progress, though we :irc constantly taught that it is not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of Jehovah. To ROBEBT R ALSTON, Esf¡. VERY DEAU SIR, Your kind favour I received by Mr. Bay ley of the... | |
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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. 
