| Anthony Horneck - 1684 - 506 pages
...into Heaven. For if you which are evil, can give good giftt mto your Children , how much more Jltall your Heavenly father give his holy Spirit to them that ask him, faith Chrift, L/4. 11. 13. and what kind of asking this is, appears from the Parable immediately preceding5... | |
| Marius D'Assigny - 1706 - 114 pages
...facred Oracle, If you that are evil know how to give good things to your Children, bow much more fhaU your heavenly Father give his holy Spirit to them that ask him ? God hath referved to himfelf the beftowing of all fpiritual Gifts, and this of Memory proceeds from... | |
| Matthew Hale - 1763 - 440 pages
...expe& from a poor earthly father, according to the compafs of his abilities : " If ye then be" ing evil, know how to give good things unto your " children, how much more fhall your Father, who is in " heaven, give good things to them that aik him?" Matth. vii. 11. Mercy,... | |
| Richard Elliot - 1764 - 574 pages
...ftrive againft it, calling upon GOD, for he will help thee. For if ye being evil, faith our LORD, know know how to give good things unto your children -. how much more fliall your heavenly Father give his holy Spirit to them that afk him. 6. Go on in this duty with the... | |
| John Wesley - 1781 - 720 pages
...exhorts us to imitate God's goodnefs towards his creatures, as the following faying of Chriftdoth; "If ye being evil, know how to give good things unto your children, how much more mail your heavenly Father?" In this fentence our Saviour teacheth the wicked; and convinces them by... | |
| Robert Hawker - 1801 - 276 pages
...it shall be opened unto you. For as a Father, knoweth how to give good gifts, unto his Children, so shall your heavenly Father give his holy Spirit to them that ask him. , May §Micah5. 8. fEzek. 36. 37. May God graciously shed abroad his love in every heart, and fill... | |
| Sir Matthew Hale - 1805 - 632 pages
...confidence expect from a poor earthly father, according to the compafs of his abilities : ' If ye then being evil ' know how to give good things unto your children, ' how much more mall your Father, who is in heaven, c give good things to them that aflc him 6.' Mercy, and compaflion,... | |
| Theophilus Browne - 1805 - 274 pages
...scorpion ? If ye then who are evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children ; how mnch more will your heavenly father give his holy spirit to them that ask him ?" 14 And he was casting out a demon jesus cures that was dumb, and when the demon was gone out, the... | |
| Francis Quarles - 1807 - 410 pages
...seek, and thou shalt find ; knock, and it shall be opened to thee. Luke, xi. 9. Matth. vii. 11. If you, being evil, know how to give good things unto your children, how much more shall your Father tvhich is in heaven, give good things unto them that ask them? Matth. xxi. 22. All things... | |
| Henry Venn - 1810 - 280 pages
...utmost of our power ? Such tokens of paternal love always invigorate filial affection. *' If ye then being evil know how to give good things unto your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Ghost to them who ask for him ?" The Holy Ghost, whose office is... | |
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