 | Christopher Sutton - 1630 - 328 Seiten
...penitent ? then cease from sin ; take heed thou say not, I cannot abstain 1 Revelation iv. n. from sin : " God is faithful, who will not suffer us to be tempted above that we are able4." Non posse pretenditur, non vdle in causa est. " We are not able to resist sin is... | |
 | Hugh Latimer (bp. of Worcester.) - 1758 - 568 Seiten
...had I the learning of St. Paul, I mould think it ill laid out upon an elaborate defence, yet our cafe admits of comfort ; our enemies can do no more than God permits; and God is faithful, who will not fuffer us to be tempted above our ftrength. Be at a point with them, ftand to that, and let them fay... | |
 | George Haggitt - 1796 - 404 Seiten
...extraordinary trials, he has every reason to suppose that such, if necessary, would be granted; "for God is faithful, •" who will not suffer us to be tempted above " that we are able to bear, but will with the " temptation also make a way to escape, " that we may... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1808 - 374 Seiten
...Latimer lifted up his eyes with a sweet and amiable countenance, saying, " Fide/is est Deus,'* &c.; ie God is faithful, who will not suffer us to be tempted above that which we are able. When they were brought to the fire, on a spof of ground on the north of Baliol... | |
 | Erasmus Middleton - 1810 - 574 Seiten
...think it ill laid out upon an elabo& rate defence: "?et our case, my lord, admits of com* *'* "fort." Our enemies can do no more than God permits ; '« and God is faithful, who will not suffer us to.-be *' tempted dbove our strength. Be at point with thWn^ '« .'ti'n'd to that; and let them say... | |
 | John Wesley - 1811 - 454 Seiten
...return to God that gave them. II. Meantime what a comfort it is to know, with the utmost certainty, that "God is faithful, who will not suffer us to be tempted above that we are able." He knoweth what our ability is, and cannot be mistaken. " He knoweth," precisely,... | |
 | George Pretyman - 1811 - 614 Seiten
...always be assisted by divine grace in our struggles to withstand the evil propensities of our nature : " God is faithful, who will not suffer us to be tempted above that we are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that we may be able to bear... | |
 | 1815 - 558 Seiten
...upon an elaborate defence; yet our case, my. lord, admits of comfort. Our enemies can do no morethan God permits; and God is faithful, who will not suffer...above our strength. Be at a point with them; stand tothat, and let them say and do what they please. To use many words would be vain ; yet it is requisite... | |
 | Samuel Clapham - 1815 - 708 Seiten
...temptations ever so many or great, yet " greater is He that is in us, than he " that is in the world. God is faithful, who will " not suffer us to be tempted above that we are able, " but will, with the temptation, also, make a way " to escape, that we may be able... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 606 Seiten
...had finished their exercise, Ridley desired Latimer's. prayers, that he might be enabled to trust in God. " Of my prayers," replied the old bishop, " you...and do what they please. To use many words would be in vain; yet it is requisite to give a reasonable account of your faith, if they will hear you: for... | |
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God is faithful, who will not suffer us to be tempted above that we are able ; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that we may be able to bear it. 
