...oppose the practice of the very first principles of religion. For, " he that cometh to God, must believe that God is, and that he is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him." And it is diligently seeking him that they hate and set themselves against. 4. Do not they judge heaven...

...and honour, and obey him, as God ? He hath told us himself that " He that cometh to God must believe that God is, and that he is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him." And is it not this diligent seeking him that thou deridest? It is plain then that thou wouldst scorn men...

...been saved who knew not the person of Christ, determinately. For he that cometh to God must believe that God is, and that he is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him; who is no respecter of persons, but in every nation, he that feareth God and worketh righteousness...

...difficulty to determine. Doubtless, besides a general belief in the proposition that • Gen. iv. 4. " God is, and that he is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him," a proposition which seems to have been held by both the brothers in common, we may fairly suppose,...

...faith it will be seen, agrees with that of the Apostle : " He that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him." a When by the Holy Spirit, the affections of the heart are changed, the darkness of the rnind removed,...

...Without faith (or belief) it is impossible to please God : for he that cometh to him must believe that he is, and that he is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him"." This is so agreeable to common sense, that no argument can be required to make it clearer. The natural...

...6. " Without faith it is impossible to please God ; for he that cometh to God,- must believe that he is, and that he is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him." The perfections of God may be proved from the nature and reason of things, Rom. i. 20. " The invisible...

..." Without faith it is impossible to please God ; for he that cometh. to God,. must believe tliat he is, and that he 'is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him." The perfections of God may be proved from the nature and reason of things, Rom. i. £0. " The invisible...

...resolved either to give his mercies, or to deny them. " He that cometh to God, must believe that He is, and that he is the rewarder of them that diligently seek himc." " He that calleth on the name of the Lord shall be saved : but how shall they call on him, on...

...an Heathen, and much more for a Christian, to work righteousness without believing in some degree ' that God is, and that he is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him,' as well as the punisher of them that presumptnously sin against him. — ' For without faith it is...