...is acquired; and fome degree of faith is neceflary to every degree of religion: for " he that cpmeth to God, muft believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently feek him." So far was neceflary both to the jewim, and even to the heathen religions : without this, a man muft be...

...had this teftimony that he pleafed God. But " without Faith it is impoffible to pleafe Him : /• for he that cometh to God muft believe that " He is, and...He is a rewarder of them that " diligently feek Him :" or, as the argument may be.fhortly exprefled, It is impoffible to pleafe God without believing that...

...had this teftimony that he pleafed God. But " without Faith it is impoffible to pleafe Him : '' for he that cometh to God muft believe that " He is, and...is a rewarder of them that "diligently feek Him:" or, as the argument may be fhortly exprefled, It is impoffible to pleafe God without believing that...

...princi-l pie of our holy religion, afferted in the 6th verfe of this chapter. — He that cometh to GODS muft believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently feek him. Nor did their ufefulnefs terminate with their lives; for while they enjoy the happy triumphs of their...

...is impolnble to plcafe God :" but at the fame time tells us what faith that is. " For," fays he, " He " that cometh to God, muft believe that he is; and that he is a " rewarder of them that diligently fcek him." He muft be perfuadcd of God's mercy and good-will...

...the human heart. This belief is the foundation and groundwork of religion. For every one that comet h to God muft believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently feek him*. How comfortlefs fhould we be if we knew neither whence we fprung, nor how we are fupported, if we never...

...motive, I SERMON apprehend, will be found in the gofpel dodtrine of a ftate of future retribution. " He that cometh to God, muft believe that he is, and that he is a rewarderof them that diligently feek him *." As it applies to men, how beautiful a connedtion...

...baptifm ; that I may " flee from the wrath to come '." Thy Word declareth, that " Whofoever " cometh unto God, muft believe that he " is, and that he is a rewarder of them that " diligently feek him V Give me, therefore, O my God, juft and true ideas of Thy perfections, and a firm faith in all Thy...

...heart. " Without faith," f;ys the apoftle to the Hebrews, " it is impoffible to pleafe " him ; for he that cometh to God, muft believe that '« he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that dili" gently feek him (a)." By the exercife of this heavenly grace, Chriftians...

...t Without XXIII. .• Without faith, it is impojfible to pleafe God: for he • thai cometh to him, muft believe that he is ; and that he is a rewarder of them, that diligently feek him. — Hebrews H. vii chriftian religion holds out rewards to •^ encourage our obedience ; and threatens...