...of very mean, and very weak and fragile inftruments. And that upon this account, that all might fee that the excellency of the power was of GOD, and not of them ; that there was fomewhat more than human in the matter, that fuch effects, as he had fpoken of...

...the de*« 'monftration of the Spirit, and of power » ;" or, as he exprefles it in. another place, " that " the excellency of the power was of God, and " not of him a ;" or, as he yet fpeaks in a more exalted ftrain b, " that the weapons of his " warfare were...

...fpeak any thing ; but go I muft, for that was fettled. And this, I faw afterwards, was to let me know that the excellency of the power was of God, and not of me, a poor earthen veffel : for when we gave over, I was very much furprifed, indeed, to hear one fay,...

...length, the whole world to itfelf, be evinced, by its refiftlefs growth, in circumftances the molt apparently defperate. During this period, therefore,...arrived when the intermixture was to be extenfively pro-. « ' 5 mo ted, moted, then another and very different agency was reforted to ; when the world...

...defperate. -t. -; V" During this period, therefore, fuch ir\ftruinents alone were ufed as might ferve J to evince moft clearly, that " the excellency of the power was of God, and not of men.-1 : But when the feafon had arrived when th$ intermixture was to -be ejtenfively promoted, then...

...repeat it, the answer to both questions is the same — That it might appear, beyond contradiction, that the excellency of the power was of God, and not of man I7. 1 « 1 Cor. ii. 4, 5. 1 7 Those who desire to see this argument treated as it affect* infidels...

...testimony to the word of his grace? And these things he did not always find powerfully with him. Paul knew that the excellency of the power was of God, and not of him, This wind blows when and where it listeth ; and, unless jt doth blow, the spices can^ot flow out....

...repeat it, the answer to both questions is the same — That it might appear, beyond contradiction, that the excellency of the power was of God, and not of man l7. 1 6 1 Cor. ii. 4, 5. 1 7 Those who desire to see this argument treated as it affects infidels...

...preference to others, that the miracle might be the more apparent; that it might be the more clearly seen that the excellency of the power was of God, and not of man*. Let this inspiration, confirmed as it then was by miracle, be now produced, and we will acknowledge...

...making use ofsuch contemptible and apparently inadequate instruments, all the world must beconvinced, that the excellency of the power was of God, and not of men. For the illustration and improvement of these words let us inquire, in what respects the gospel may...