...cf action. By freedom of action, let us not be supposed to mean sufficiency for action; "we are not sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves, but our sufficiency" is in Him, who " worketh in us, both to will and to do of his good pleasure." Thus God deals with all...

...trusteth in man." " Blessed is the man who trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is." " Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves ; but our sufficiency is of God," See also Philip, iii. 3. 8, 9, and many other parallel passages. But it is time that we should...

...you feel your own weakness, and can say with Paul " when I am weak then am I strong " and "we are not sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves, but our sufficiency is of God." Again, faith will give you cheerfulness. Cheerfulness is very essential to those who endeavour...

...end, if God do not deliver us from it. 'Without him we can do nothing,' Johnxv. 5; 'for we are not sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God ;' 2 Cor. iii. 5. Every text here quoted might be supported with many others, equally express and plain, whereby it might...

...our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. 2 Cor. iii. 4. SUCH trust have we through Christ to God- ward: 5. not that we are sufficient of ourselves to (¿)think anything, as of ourselves ; but our sufficiency is of God ; 6. who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament (c) ; not of the letter (rf),...

...word. 1 Cor. ii. 14. the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God. 2 Cor. iii. 5. not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to think anything as of ourselves, iv. 4. the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them that believe not. Col. i. 13. who hath...

...commission to preach the Gospel (Acts, ix. 15) and God rendered him competent to be a witness ; " Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves, but our sufficiency is of God, who also hath made us able ministers of the New Testament ; not of the letter but of the spirit...

...influences will be bestowed. We must come more into the spirit of the apostle, when he said, " We are not sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves, but our sufficiency is of Ood." " So neither is he that planteth anything, neither he that watereth, but God that giveth the...

...ardently ; and when we love ardently, we will be apt to obey. But still we must remember, that we are not sufficient of ourselves to think anything, as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God (2 Cor. iii. 5). And our Lord tells us (John xv. . 5), that without him we can do nothing, much less to believe, hope,...

...nothing." " It is He that worketh in us both to will and to do of his good pleasure," for " we are not sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves, but our sufficiency is of God." All our virtues then are derived to us from the treasures of his grace ; and are we not, therefore,...