...Have you ever studied that text, brother? (John iii. 30.) ' He must increase, but I must decrease.' ' A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.' " Dr. Conyers was another subject of his most interesting representations : the truly episcopal gravity,...

...attaineth to them by human industry, or only by the talk of them. Talk. AH this I know very well. For a man can receive nothing except it be given him from Heaven ; all this is of grace, not of works ; 1 could give you an hundred scriptures for the confirmation...

...attaineth to them by human industry, or only by the talk of them. TALK. All this I know very well : for a man can receive nothing except it be given him from heaven : all is of grace, not of works. I could give you a hundred scriptures for the confirmation of this....

...thou barest witness, behold, the samebaptizetb, 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....

...wisdom, or regal power. — He had it from some other quarter. He received it from above of God. For, " a man can receive nothing except it be given him from Heaven," as the Baptist saith, John iii. 27; he cannot receiveit upon the grounds of his own worthiness or merits....

...anottier: speech is the communication or sign of thought. You say further, that it is a great truth, that " a man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven." J will not be so rude, at present, as to call this a great lie; but 1 will say, it is decidedly and...

...Which were born, not of blood, nor 6f the will of the flesh, but of God, &c.— John i. 13. iii. 3,&c. A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. — John iii. 27. No man can come unto me, except the Father which hath sent me, draw him, &c. Except...

...Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, but of God, &c.— Johni. 13. iii. 3,&c. A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. — John iii. 27. No man can come unto me, except the Father which hath sent me, draw him, &c. Except...

...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 to...

...thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him. 27 John answered and said, o(/ 28 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him....