 | Philip Doddridge - 1803 - Страниц: 666
...more expressly he says, when he speaks of those, who should Secern the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him: Of his own will...begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be Lord. James urges sinners, if they ever desire to Draw nig ft a kind of first-fruits of his creatures*'*.... | |
 | Philip Doddridge - 1803 - Страниц: 676
...ascribed ; which is well explained by those words of St. James, in which he saj's, Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures^. Accordingly our Lord, as you have heard at large, insists upon it as absolutely necessary to a man's... | |
 | Philip Doddridge - 1805 - Страниц: 632
...we-e apt to contend very forccly about their different opinions; malignity 18 Of hi» own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures. 19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath. 20... | |
 | 1807 - Страниц: 570
...Father of lights, with whom is uo variableness, neither shadow of turning. 18 Of liis own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures. '9 ^f ^ herefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - Страниц: 416
...Spirit, to a lively hope by the powerful application of the word of truth. " Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures," James i. 18. And in this sense I understand the following passage; " Before she travailed she brought... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - Страниц: 444
...James, this great apostle, will tell us himself what he means by the word. " Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures." This word is the word of life, sent home to the heart by God, and applied by the Holy Spirit. Here... | |
 | Thomas Scott - 1811 - Страниц: 408
...the Father of lights, with " whom is no variableness, or shadow of turning. " Of his own will begat he us with the word of " truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of " his creatures." ' Did St. James here mean baptism ; or the communication of a new and divine life ? " Of his own will... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - Страниц: 456
...iii. 22, 10; so James divides the hearer from the doer. He tells us that " God of his own will begat us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures;" and then tells us to be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving ourselves. By doing he means... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - Страниц: 434
...the carnally-secure Jews, who were settled on their lees. 6. James says, " God of his own will begat us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures," James i. 18. And his word is called the incorruptible seed, which liveth and abideth for ever; and... | |
 | Church of England - 1815 - Страниц: 450
...Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of 120 turning. Of his own will begat he us with the Word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; for the... | |
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And yet more expressly he says, when he speaks of those who should receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him ; of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures 
