 | William Warburton - 1811 - 416 pages
...foundation of Religion, which, St. Paul tells us,; is the belief that God is, and that he is the Re-< warder of them that seek him. The matter .now" begins to...for securing the foundation of Religion,] which the .Gentile? .had recourse to, was because; they felt the performance as well as heard -the promise: For... | |
 | John Owen - Puritans - 1826 - 556 pages
...of it, which is the glory of God, as a revvarder; for ' he that comes unto God, must believe that he is, and that he is the rewarder of them that seek him ;* Heb. xi. 6. The end of legal obedience was the glory of God, as a rewarder according to merit, in... | |
 | William Warburton - Bible - 1837 - 720 pages
...secure the foundation of religion, which, St Paul tells us, is the belief that God i>, and that he it the rewarder of them that seek him. The matter now...religion, which the gentiles had recourse to, was because they felt the performance as well as heard the promise : for when that was no longer felt (the extraordinary... | |
 | Johann Christian Friedrich August HEINROTH - 1838 - 266 pages
...within our inmost heart. The heart alone can perceive God, and experience in the perception, that " He is, and that He is the Rewarder of them that seek him." He cannot be perceived by the intellect, and by the heart only when it seeks him. By those who do seek... | |
 | Samuel Hanson Cox - Theology - 1842 - 192 pages
...findeth. He that cometh to God nrnst believe two things, both equally true, equally necessary; That he is ; and That he is the rewarder of them that seek him. Hence to array the idea of seeking God in the present life, as vapid and worthless, against that of... | |
 | Scotland Church of - 1845 - 768 pages
...into the bread of life. " He that cometh into God," says the great apostle, " must believe that he is, and that he is the rewarder of them that seek him." In truth, practically and in effect, God is not otherwise revealed than to faith only ; for they who... | |
 | William Warburton - Bible - 1846 - 542 pages
...would have it, hereafter ? — Yes, for Moses PROMISED they should have their retribution /litre. — What then ? other ancient Lawgivers promised their...Religion, which the Gentiles had recourse to, was because they felt the performance as well as heard the • V. 110. promise : For when that was no longer felt... | |
 | 1858 - 428 pages
...we, therefore, to the application. ' He that eometh unto God,' says St Paul, ' must believe that he is, and that he is the rewarder of them that seek him.' So I say that he that eometh unto Christ must believe that He is. and that He is the JEaser of them... | |
 | James Brotherston Laughton - Bible - 1869 - 608 pages
...to a particular creed, — but something more. He that cometh to God must of course believe that He is, and that He is the rewarder of them that seek Him, or he will not come at all. It can scarcely be conceived that any man can offer prayer to God — that... | |
 | 1873 - 172 pages
...lesson taught us in the Bible. St. Paul tells us that any one who comes to Him " must believe that He is, and that He is the rewarder of them that seek Him." But belief in Him must consist in a " holy fear," (not a terror, but a loving reverence of One so high... | |
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Yet this did not hinder their having recourse to a. future state to secure the foundation of Religion, which, St. Paul tells us, is the belief that God is, and that he is the Rewarder of them that seek him. The matter now begins to pinch : and the Doctor... 
