...whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him. John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not * * * * The dispute was probably about the superior...

...thou bearest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him . 27 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. 28 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him....

...thou bearest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him. 27 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. 28 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him....

...fee Difcourfe II. p. 36. And they came unto John, andfaid, &c. They, ie John's difciples. Ver. 27. A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven] Nothing, ie of power, and authority. Receive ; better rendered ajjume *, take [to himfelf.] The fenfe...

...attaineth to them by industry, or only by the talk ot' them. Talk. All that I know very well : for a mau can receive nothing except it be given him from heaven...; all is of grace, not of works.: I could give you an hundred scriptures for the confirftration of this. Well then, said 1'aithful,' what is that one...

...serve him, the good work is begun ; for it is a truth that holds universally and without exception, a man can receive nothing except it be given him from heaven. The Lord first jinds us when we are thinking of something else, Isaiah, Ixv. 1. and then we, begin...

...thou barest witness, behold the same baptiseth, and all men come to him. 27 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. 28 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him....

...thou bearest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him. John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. He...

...apart of a person to some publick church office n. t Every I John iii. 27. John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. Rom. x. 14. How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed ? and how shall they believe...

...of the world, who, " Furnifheth every one with his refpefHve " powers and talents." In this fenfe, " a man " can receive nothing, except it be given him " from heaven." As to the extraordinary gifts, which qualified the ancient prophets for their facred office, the very...