 | John Havett - Sermons, English - 1703 - 380 pages
...to Will is prefent with me, but how to Perforrt thttt which ii Good, I find not : for the O 2 Good Good that I would, I do not ; And. the Evil that I would not no, that 1 do. I find A Law, that when I would do Good, Evil is pre/ent with me. I fee A 'Law in my... | |
 | James Gardiner - Sermon on the mount - 1720 - 448 pages
...obferve it ; he accufes himfelf for what he did, and what he did not : For the good that I would, that I do not ; and the evil that I 'would not, that I do ; that by virtue of his inward man he delighted in the law of God ; but yet by the ftrength of another... | |
 | Peter Browne (bp. of Cork and Ross.) - 1749 - 406 pages
...conferences of men, whether they did not check and rebuke them at the very inftant they finned. For the good that I would, I do not : and the evil that I would not, that do I; which is as much as to fay, you, or I, or any other perfon, when we omit the doing of any good... | |
 | Eliza Fowler Haywood - 1755 - 336 pages
...in the beft of us ; fo that we are compell'd to fay with St. Pau/t . ' The good that I would, that I do not; and: * 'the evil that I would not, that I do.' HOWEVER, as the defire of being fpoke well of, is natural eyen to thofe who take leaft pains to deferve... | |
 | Alexander Proudfit - Sermons, American - 1806 - 426 pages
...his moft fpiritual moments, may unitein the humiliating confeffion, lam carnal ; the good, •which I would I do not, and the evil that I would not that do I : But in heaven all imperfeftions will be eternally done away. There will be Bff complaint of... | |
 | Christian biography - 1810 - 480 pages
...free-agent. Crisp. Does your notion agree of free-agency with the language of the apostle Paul: The good that I would, I do not; and the evil that I would not, that I do. —To will, is present; but how to perform that which ts good, I find not? Gai. I think we ought to... | |
 | James Meikle - Devotional literature - 1811 - 424 pages
...hear them speak from experience, as Paul : " When I would do good, evil is present with me ; so the good that I would, I do not ; and the evil that I would not, that do I ;" in comparison of angelic harangues on the beauty and excellency of perfection and innocence... | |
 | Alexander Proudfit - Presbyterian Church - 1815 - 408 pages
...in his most spiritual moments, may unite in the humiliating confession, "I am carnal; the good which I would I do not, and the evil that I would not that do I :" But in heaven all imperfection will be eternally done away. There will be no complaint of indifference... | |
 | E. J. Burrow - 1822 - 606 pages
...no good thing : for to will is present with me : how to perform that which I will, I know not. For good that I would, I do not : and the evil that I **' not, that I do. Matt. v. 48. Be ye therefore perfect, . as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.... | |
 | Andrew Fuller - Baptists - 1824 - 498 pages
...free-agent. Crispus. Does your notion of free-agency agree with the language of the apostle Paul : The good that I would, I do not ; and the evil that I would not, that I do. — To will, is pretent ; but how to perform that which is good, I find not? Cairn, I think we ought... | |
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But the good that I would I do not, and the evil that I would not, that I do. 
