 | Thomas Scott - 1801 - 138 pages
...out." " Repentance towards God, and faith towards " our Lord Jesus Christ." — " If peradvcn'ture God will " give them repentance, to the acknowledging of the " truth ; and that they may recover themselves out of the " snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his " will V If it please... | |
 | Eli Forbes - 1801 - 332 pages
...the God c'£ •?& grace : peradrcatu.-; he will give repentance to the actnowledgment of the truth, that they may recover themfelves out of the fnare of the devil, who are now Ie4 captive by him at his pleafure. And, while we pity mahometans and heathens, we have much more... | |
 | 1804 - 508 pages
...be gentle to all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves, if God peradventure will give them repentance, to the acknowledging of the truth." These directions to those who embark in controversy, are too frequently forgotten by polemical writers;... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1802 - 436 pages
...i. Man's natural ffiate. It is a ftate of captivity i they are captives to Satan : 2 Tim. ii. 26. " And that they may recover themfelves out of the fnare of the devil, who are taken captives by him at his will." He is the tyrant whofe captives they are, who has carried them away out... | |
 | Joseph Benson - 1802 - 382 pages
...gentle towards all men, patient, and apt to teach, in meeknefs inftructing thofe that oppofe themfelves, if God, peradventure, will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth ; that they may be faved." I fhall only add here, that another and moft important mean to be ufed is... | |
 | Samuel Davies - 1802 - 456 pages
...upon this encouragement that St. Paul recommends the ufe of proper means to reclaim the obftinate : if God, peradventure, will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth. 2 Tim. ii. 25. Regeneration alfo, in which faith and repentance and other graces are implanted, is... | |
 | 1881 - 622 pages
...be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the...acknowledging of the truth ; And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive bj him at his will. This passage, as... | |
 | Philip Doddridge - 1803 - 666 pages
...should sometimes bestow a compassionate thought upon them, and lift up an humble prayer for them ; If God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are now led captive by him at his... | |
 | Philip Doddridge - 1803 - 676 pages
...when speaking of the possibility that some might be Recovered out of the snare of the devil, he says, If God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth\\. That very attention to the gospel, which is the first step towards the production of faith in the soul,... | |
 | Matthew Henry - 1803 - 244 pages
...acknowledging of the truth, the truth as it is in Jefuse, the truth which is according to godlinefs f, that they may recover themfelves out of the fnare of the devil E. Let thoie that are as flieep going aftray return to Jefus Chrift, the fhepherd and bifhop of our... | |
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Lord must not strive, but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves ; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth, and that they may recover themselves out of... 
