 | John Tillotson - 1757 - عدد الصفحات: 482
...did at its firft fetting out fo ftrangely preyail in the world, againft all human probability; " not by might, nor by power; but by the Spirit " of the LORD." No man can well fuppofe a religion in circumftances of greater difadvantage, and upon all human accounts,... | |
 | Samuel Rutherford - 1765 - عدد الصفحات: 566
...but the high places of their fathers, and the remnants of Babylon's pollutions; and .except that, not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord ; I ihould think, God hath not yet thought it time for England's deliverance : for the truth is, the... | |
 | John Tillotson (abp. of Canterbury.) - 1772 - عدد الصفحات: 458
...accomplifhed, by the wonderful progrefs of the gofpel, and fpeedy downfal of idolatry in the world, not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord. The acknowledgment of Porphyry, that bitter enemy of Chrifiianity, as it is reported to us by Eufebius,... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1776 - عدد الصفحات: 582
...firll appearance, on the Thurfday, before the commiffion, that we might fee, that it was not to be done by might nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord : but afterwards he raifed us up, that our adverfaries could no more triumph over us. Many times the... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1776 - عدد الصفحات: 610
...and raifed towards the Lord : I faw it was good to follow duty, and truft God ; and that it is " not by might nor by power," but by the " Spirit" of the Lord, things are got comfortably done. On the arft I went to Stenton, where that night, in meditation, I... | |
 | John Wesley - 1785 - عدد الصفحات: 718
...find their fouls incxpreffibly dear to me ; but was I not kept thankfully confcious, that it is not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord, I fhonld fink at the thought of having them to watch over. O, who knows the worth of fouls ! Wha can... | |
 | 1815 - عدد الصفحات: 436
...themselves — by a deep sense of weakness— by a conviction that their safety is to be secured, not by "might nor by power,'' but by the "Spirit" of" the Lord." Let us remember, that when in Scripture we are encouraged to be strong, it is to "be strong in the... | |
 | John Owen - 1810 - عدد الصفحات: 370
....notwithstanding the strongest opposition, that it might be evident to all that the work was effected, ' not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord.' i'.ech. iv. 6. CHAPTER V. •>.. v The Manner of the Dispensation of the Holy Spirit. BEFORE we treat... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1812 - عدد الصفحات: 520
...trespasses and sins, and such cannot difference themselves. 2. Positively. We may say in this case, ' Not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord.' It is the Spirit of the Lord, accompanying the call of the word, that makes it effectual, John vi.... | |
 | 1838 - عدد الصفحات: 716
...shall be employed to spread the kingdom of the Messiah ; for it shall be founded and established, " not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord of hosts." Chap. iv. t>. Luke ii. 14. " Peace, good-will toward men." — Men are in a state of hostility... | |
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... but by the Spirit of the Lord of hosts, that the world is to be overcome, and the kingdom of righteousness and peace established. 
