| William Romaine - Faith - 1809 - 220 pages
...ministration of the Spirit, because by it the Spirit ministers his grace and strength. So Gal. iii. 2. " Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?" It was by hearing faith preached, that they received the Spirit : for faith cometh by hearing, and... | |
| Stephen Lowry - Bible - 1809 - 204 pages
...the apostle, in addressing the Galatian church, demands of them — " This only would I learn of you: Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?" Gal. 3. 2- Many proofs might be brought of this from the sermons of the apostles; but there is one... | |
| John Pawson - 1809 - 434 pages
...light in his Epistle to the Galatians : *' This only would I learn of you, saith the Apostle, raceived ye the Spirit by the works of the Law, or by the hearing of faith ?" The Galatians had already embraced the gospel, but were now in no small danger of being deceived... | |
| Samuel Hopkins - Millennium (Eschatology) - 1811 - 536 pages
...the obedience required by the law of works. He sets this in the same light in the following words. " Received ye the spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith ?"f Here he sets the covenant, or law of works, in opposition to the hearing of faith, or the report... | |
| William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 416 pages
...service, is sending them to a barren mountain to get green pastures. "This only would I learn of you; received ye' the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?" Galat. iii. 2. 6. It is the will of God that we should live by faith, and walk by faith, and not by... | |
| William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 444 pages
...Christ. And how comes this new heart? By the regenerating operation of the Spirit. And does God minister the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? By the hearing of faith. And what laws are these that are to be written in their hearts, and put in... | |
| John Murray - Sermons, American - 1812 - 426 pages
...religious point of view. And second, he strictly questions them, " This only would I learn of you ? received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith ? are ye so foolish ? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh ? O foolish... | |
| John Locke - 1812 - 516 pages
...Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you ? 2 This only would I learn of you : Received ye the spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith f PARAPHRASE. 1 U YE foolish galatians, who hath cast a mist before your eyes, that you should not... | |
| John Howe - 1813 - 536 pages
...church, or to become christians, if a man become so indeed, is at the same time to receive the Spirit. Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith ? are ye so foolish, having begun in the Spirit? Gal. 3. 2,8. They were supposed to have received the... | |
| Theology - 1815 - 412 pages
...that influence, in which it takes its rise. . Therefore he says, " This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?" Upon this point chiefly, it would seem that the perverted views of the Galatians needed rectifying.... | |
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