...Let them remember the words of the great apostle : " Who maketh thee to differ from another ? What hast thou that thou didst not receive ? Now, if thou...dost thou glory as if thou hadst not received it?" Let^them remember, " there are diversities of gifts, but the same spirit:" — let them cultivate humility...

...there for pride ? For glorying in ourselves, or in man ? The apostle therefore maketh this demand, Now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory as if thou hadst not received it ? If we consider that we have not only received all, but that we have misimproved and abused all which...

...says (1 Cor. 4. v. 7.) God may say to any man: What, hast thou, that tlwu hast, not received ? and if . thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it ? Consequently, not to make that disposition of our wealth which the giver of it intended that we should,...

...that no one you be puffed up for one against another. 7 For who maketh thee to differ from another ? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive ? now, if thou didst receive zV, why dost thou glory as if thou hadst not received it? s Now ye are full, now yg are rich, ye have...

...that no one of you be putted up for one against another. 7 For who maketh thee to differ/row another ? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now,...why dost thou glory as if thou hadst not received it ? 8 Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us; and I would to God ye did...

...extremely tenacious of the honour of his Master. ' Who, he asks, maketh thee to differ from another ? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive ? Now, if thou didst receive it, whydost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it ?' Sinners are not ' called according to their...

...grow haughty upon borrowed qualifications. St. Paul says the same thing more expressly. \cf\ IVhat hast thou that thou didst not receive ? Now, if thou didst receive it, why didst thou glory asif thou hadst not received it? If all comes from the gods, we must expect every...

...God ; so that here the inter* rogation of the apostle is eminently applicable; What hast thou iltat thou didst not receive? now, if thou didst receive it, why dost thou, glory ds if thou hadst not received it? . . . «... .. 'Another consideration to shew the absurdity of the...

...righteousness, and sanctijtcation and rer demption. iv. 7. For who maketh thee to differ from another ? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive ? •now...thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thonhadst not received it ? The systems of error now mentioned are very comprehensive : and to them...

...capacities, is from God ; so that here the interrogation of the apostle is eminently applicable ; What hast thou that thou didst not receive ? now, if thou...dost thou glory as if thou hadst not received it. Another consideration to show the absurdity of the temper here spoken of, and which was urged by our...