...ftriving to do his Duty as well as he can. If there be firfl a willing Mini, lakh the Apoftle, it is accepted according to that a Man hath, and not according to that l;t hath not, i Cor. viii. 1 2. Neither ought we to think To unworthily of the Son of God, who came...

...not attempt. Now •where there is a willing Mind, it is accepted by Heaven, and fhould be by You, according to that a Man hath, and not according to that he hath not -|-. And though Perfons be able, yet fuch Things as are not enjoined, and have not been cuftomary,...

...all imankind, as well as in God's account. " If there' be firft a willing " mind," we always fuppofe it ought to be " accepted, •' according to' that...hath not." But the want of a willing mind, or not being a mind to do well, is univerfally cohfidered as a crime, and not as an excufe. Nothing is more...

...glory for ever thrift and to ever. Amen. 2 Cor. viii. 12. For if there be firft a willing mind it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. Heb. vi. i o. For God is not unrighteous, to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have ihewed...

...Gal. v. 24. And thus God judges of them, 2 Cor. viii. i2. Far if there be Jlrft a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. 3. Ye are carried out of yourfclves into Jefus Chrift, Matth. xvi. 24. To a natural man his fweet felf...

...fenfe alfo, what the apoftle affirms, 2 Cor. yiii. 1 2. that " if there be firft a willing mind, it is accepted, according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not According to that a man hath," 1-."«, a fincere intenfion of doing good ; " and not according to that...

...unfeigned defire and endeavour to approve himlelf a true difciple of the ever-blefTed Jcfus, (/>) /'/ it accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that be hath not. If it were not fo, there were no hope of falvation for the beft of men-, inafmuch as there...

...not attempt. Now, jphere there is a willing mind, it is accepted by Heaven, and fliould be by you, according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not f. And though perfons be able, yet fuch things as are not enjoined, and have not been cuftomary, you...

...he did, they are at his cotniuand; and *s it respects us, " It there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.» The promises we make to ourselves, of devoting «o the service of God, or our fellow-creatures, any...

...will be a Performance alfo out of that which you have. For, if there be firft a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not." Refpeding the Institution you are thus willingly affembled to fupport,— I can confcientioufly affure...