 | Edmund Law - Religion - 1755 - 512 pages
...involv'd in all its Fafhions, Forms, and Interefts: having all along this Treafure in earthen Pfffels, that the Excellency of the Power might be of God and not of them*. pag. 204, &c. with yitringa's Diflertation on the State of the Eayh Gen.Di&. V.7. p. 770. N.... | |
 | William Beveridge (bp. of st. Asaph.) - 1757 - 332 pages
...ftrengthenetb me. But as the lame apoftleelfe\\ here obierves, we have this treafure in earthen i\.J]els, that the excellency of the power might be of God, and not of men, z Cor. iv. 7. The power which we have in and by Chrift, is excellent, it is infinite, fuch power whereby... | |
 | Edmund Law (bp. of Carlisle.) - 1774 - 504 pages
...involved in all its famions, forms, and interefts: having all along this treafure in earthen vej/e/s, that the excellency of the power might be of God, and not of 'them (L). When •f- "fi{ y 5 iipo? ru» AffooloXwf X05°! Jiapo^cr i.'.'.^y ,-i ru fiiu TiXo{, i<9ii... | |
 | William Mason - Calendars - 1803 - 402 pages
...say, " We have this treasure (all the gifts and graces of God's Spirit) in earthen vessels." Why ? That the excellency of the power might be of God, and not of us. ...2 Cor. iv. 7. But if earthen vessels were not sometimes left to themselves they would forget... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1808 - 514 pages
...his presence,t that God alone might be exr * Eph. i. 17.... so, + i Cor. i. 27, 28, 29. *lted,t and that the excellency of the power might be of God and not of iu:m, | and .that Christ's power might be manifested in our weakness,|| and none might say mine own... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1808 - 512 pages
...his prcsence,t that God alone might be ex. i * Eph, i. i7.,.. so. + > Cor. i. 87, s8, 29. alted,t and that the excellency of the power might be of God and not of uiau,j and that Christ's power might be manifested in our weakness,]] and none might say mine own hand... | |
 | Stephen Lowry - Bible - 1809 - 204 pages
...declare ; therefore Paul says that he and his fellow ambassadors had " this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power might be of God, and not of them.f" The Lord Jesus Christ is so rich, that when for his people's sakes it pleased him to become... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 444 pages
...greatest gifts, and every needful grace, dwelt richly in him. He had all this glorious treasure in his earthen vessel, that the excellency of the power might be of God, andnot of him. He had a new heart, and the law of God written upon the fleshly tables of it. He had... | |
 | John Wesley - Clergy - 1812 - 446 pages
...would ; and therefore the Apostle immediately furnishes us with a full answer ; God has done this, that " the excellency of the power might be of God, and not of us;" that it might be undeniably plain, to whom that excellent power belonged : that no flesh might... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1817 - 538 pages
...most evident, that no flesh should glory in his presence *, that God alone might be exalted t, and that the excellency of the power might be of God and not of man :f, and that Christ's power might be manifested in our weakness §, and none might say, mine own... | |
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God alone might be exalted, and that the excellency of the power might be of God and not of man... 
